Virginia Arts Festival Date Night

We planned a date night to go to the Chrysler Museum glass blowing performance art night (combines glass blowing and music) but ended up not even making it to the show because we stumbled upon the Virginia Arts Festival on the same night.  We started at the main Chrysler enjoying the exhibits and live jazz music and then ended up in several eclectic small art studios and one which was a mixed media studio exhibit area/night club.  We got to feel cool even when we were obviously the most suburban people there.

Laura’s Inlet Run

I have heard about two new areas that can make some good hiking and today I went on a solo run to scope out one of them to see if would be a good hiking area for our family.  The area is on an inlet off of Shore Drive and they opened lots of trails and an environmental center very recently.  It was a beautiful run and hopefully we can all go as a family soon.

Pumpkin Picking

This year we went pumpkin picking at Brookedale Farm and Brooke and Alex helped us pick the pumpkins and cut them from the vine.  Afterward they played in the farm play area.

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Alex Helps Make Cookies

Today while Brooke was at school Alex ‘helped’ me make kitchen sink cookies by mixing his own (empty) bowl with a spatula.  He was a very cute helper!