Being from the other hemisphere has its issues

We were recently invited to our 6 y.o.'s classroom for a "Fall Party" and they asked us to contribute food that would be eaten at this time of year in your country. They were, of course, thinking of harvest/autumn type foods, which doesn't apply to our country at this time of year. 

The main seasonal thing I think of for October/November in Australia is purple Jacaranda trees. (Lily wrote about them on her blog here.) But they are hardly edible! I settled for sending some popcorn. Not seasonal in Australia, but seemed to be appropriate! 

It is a bit of a balance, trying to "fit in" as well as keeping hold of what our heritage is (which, of course, is more ours rather than our boys', who have spent more years of their lives in Japan than Australia).