DC United, Parade, and Cox Farms

I’m playing catch up on the blog.  It’s been a busy fall around here, and I’ll hit some of the highlights.  

DC United ended an era of playing games at RFK a couple weeks ago.  The stadium has been their home since the league started in 1996, but with a new stadium being built for next season, they played their final game in the stadium and invited all the alumni back to help in the celebration.  There was a fun get together on Saturday night downtown, then festivities before and after the game Sunday afternoon.

  

Not wanting to risk his replaced knee, Mark opted not to play in the alumni game that preceded DC United’s game, but he took part of the ceremony at half time and at the end of the game.  It was a fun weekend with lots of stories and time catching up with old friends.  Best of luck to DC United in their new stadium, and thanks for the memories, RFK.

Aslo that weekend, Nina’s cheer team took part in a local high school’s homecoming parade.  They did this last year as well, and the girls always have a good time being a part of the parade.

  

Lyla loves the parade because we walk alongside the truck that Nina’s team is in, and Lyla collects TONS of candy that’s being thrown.  It’s as good as Halloween!

 

The girls had off from school on the Monday following this busy weekend, so I decided to take them to Cox Farms.  It’s been a couple years since we’ve been there, and I was almost wondering if they were aging out of it, but they had a great time!

 

This goat was so funny.  He/she was standing on top of the tractor wheel and bleeting at people as they went down the slide!

Speaking of goats, one of the highlights was the goat villiage.  The girls got feeding cones to feed the goats, and they had the best time with the goats.  They acted a lot like dogs.  They liked being scratched and petted, and one even laid there and let Nina braid his goatee.  Evidently, it was pretty relaxing because he started closing his eyes to fall asleep while she was braiding!

  

  

 

We took a hayride, they swung on ropes, and slid down slides, walked through a corn maze, picked pumpkins and more.  It was a fun fall afternoon!