On the way home from school we sometimes stop at a playpark in Maple Shade to play. Across from this playpark lives a boy Connor Victorica, (9 yrs old) who is nice enough to come outside and play with the girls every time we stop. he is a very nice kid and has coincidentally a 5-yr-old brother with a Dutch name: Koen. The girls love to play with them, and Connor has taught them some tricks on the swing, as you can see it is to the girls' liking! Connor is in the background of the picture with Lilian on the swing (These pictures were taken before Jasper was born).

At the end of November, the girls were lucky to roll around in the fall-leaves that I raked together for solely this purpose. They and their neighbor friend Emma (4) had a lot of fun!