I took the kiddos to one of our favorite festivals today to look at art and get honey of course!
Stockley Garden Fine Arts Festival
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Yearly Archives: 2017
Yoga on the USS Wisconsin
Vickie and I got the chance to join 500 yogis on the deck of the USS Wisconsin tonight for pop-up yoga by Bhav Brigade as they said farewell to one of its founding teachers. The event raised $3002.00 for the Elizabeth River Project as well. It was an amazing experience and since they had photographers shooting the event there are some pretty great pictures.
My Station Chef helping the Sous Chef dice
Brooke has been a valuable Sous Chef and has graduated to a straight kitchen knife for prep (think non serrated steak knife). Alex has now advanced to Station Chef and is using a butter knife to prep instead of the kids knife. After Brooke did 1.5 bell peppers diced (I slice them into the strips to make it easier for the kids to dice), Alex was adamant about finishing the last half. We even had to stop the cooking process to allow him the time to finish, but he did a great job!
Mother’s Day
This mother’s day I got to share it with Ammy and my baby girl Brooke turning FIVE!! I felt a lot of love from my wonderful kids and family and received beautiful and thoughtful gifts too.
Brooke’s 5th Birthday
Brooke’s 5th birthday party was butterfly themed and so we decorated the house with lots of butterflies to make it a ‘butterfly oasis’. Initially, the party was planned to be outside with many butterflies flitting in the trees but several days of heavy rain moved the party inside. We got creative putting the bounce house inside, leaving the playroom and kids rooms open for play, and put our paint a pot with butterfly sponges and plant that pot with butterfly friendly flowers in the garage. It was a busy party and we were lucky to have Ammy and Papa here to help! Brooke loved her party and had a great time with her friends! The next day was her real birthday and mother’s day and she enjoyed opening even more presents after sleeping in and having waffles for breakfast. Then she got to play and relax with Ammy, Papa, Mommy, Daddy, and Alex. We all went out for ice cream and Daddy and Papa make all us girls feel special with a cook to order dinner!
