This year we went to the Stockley Fine Art Festival hoping that the cloudy Virginia weather would remain as such. No luck. The chance of rain turned into a very good rainstorm. We were prepared with jackets and boots and we told the artists that we are very serious about fine art to come to see it in the rain. Eventually the rain drove us home and we didn’t get to see as much as we would have liked, but it was still a fun outing overall.
This year Brooke’s birthday fell on the day we had her birthday party. She woke up very excited on Saturday to be 4 years old. She had a great time at her Mermaid Under The Sea themed birthday party with some fun themed foods, custom-made ‘feed the fish’ and mermaid bean bag boards, and her bounce house. She got a lot of great gifts too and then after Alex’s nap we took her to play at the pool. What a fun-filled birthday!
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Oma and Opa came to visit and we had a lot of fun. We played around our house and they enjoyed some hopscotch and watching Brooke bike, playing at the park, taking Alex to the farm, hiking, and naturally the beach. We also had a lot of fun party planning for Brooke’s 4th birthday party.
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This Mother’s Day the kids and I made Laura breakfast before we took a family hike at the arboretum. Then after an early nap we headed to Busch Gardens for our first trip as a family there. Brooke and Alex had a great time riding all the rides and Brooke even rode a roller coaster with Laura and loved it.
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I came into the playroom to find Brooke and Alex playing quietly together…
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