Football rules!

04/10/2008

Saturday is a big football day and we watched the little ones play first - just tag football of course. Most looked a little confused as to where they were meant to be or which way they should run but they enjoyed running around in the sunshine and we had a great time too.

On the way back we stopped into Yoder's - a Menonite store not too far from us. What a fantastic place, with beautiful home baked pies, herbs and spices of all kinds and a wonderful chicken barbecue where we purchased several chicken dinners, plus sweet potato pie, strawberry and rhubarb pie and pecan pie. Wish we had this at home - although we might start to put on even more weight if we did.

In the afternoon we made our way to Woodberry Forest School to watch the football game (American football that is). The game continued for over 2 hours but was a great game and Woodberry won. I now understand most of the rules although it's strange to see different groups of players run out at different times - receivers, offence, defence. They are playing on a brand new artificial pitch costing $500,000. They also have a practice field of the same material and cost - no comparison to the pitches and fields we play on in England.

Point to note: it may be sunny and warm during the day but at this time of year the dark drops down quickly and it's soon cold. Keep a sweater in the car!

Also, on the critter spotting list, we have now seen a praying mantis - rescued from the pool in the afternoon. No bears but probably a good thing!