AJ & Laura's

Halloween

Posted on Saturday, October 31, 2015 by Laura

We had a fun and eventful Halloween this year. Brooke, AJ, and I carved pumpkins while Alex napped. Then we all got dressed up for Halloween. We make a pretty cute quartet of Oz characters. Fun Fact: my costume is homemade- first garment I’ve ever sewed. We all had a great time trick-or-treating in our wonderful neighborhood and even Alex stole away his first piece of candy. After getting Alex to bed, Brooke got to run and play with the neighbors in the street (us watching her of course), and AJ and I enjoyed a fire in our driveway with the rest of the neighbors who always have a block party on Halloween.

: First Piece of Candy Ever!

Bergy’s Corn Maze

Posted on Friday, October 30, 2015 by Laura

This beautiful fall morning we did another fall family tradition and ran through Bergey’s Farm Corn Maze. We started the day off with a private tractor ride (it pays to be the first ones on the farm), then ran through the maze, shot the corn gun to attempt to get some free ice cream, pet the goats, and enjoyed a delicious lunch. It was really fun that Alex is walking so well that he was able to walk most of the maze himself. He loves playing ‘chase Mommy’ around the house so we played it in the corn maze and he giggled so much.

https://youtu.be/MKlQsPewzXU

Stockley Garden Fine Art Festival

Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2015 by Laura

One of our all time favorite events is the Stockley Garden Fine Art Festival. Brooke knows it as the ‘art and honey’ festival because at the end of the festival I get my local creamed honey from the wonderful people at Horseshoe Point. We enjoyed the beautiful exhibits and danced as a family to the live music.

Pumpkin Picking

Posted on Sunday, October 11, 2015 by Laura

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.

https://youtu.be/9a47fM4tp0g

: What’s wrong with this pumpkin?

Children’s Museum and Alex Playing

Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015 by AJ

We went to the annual Museum Day Live sponsored by the Smithsonian and went to the Children’s Museum in Portsmouth again. The kids absolutely loved it and with only a single change of clothes required (Alex spitting up) we declared it a success. In the evening Alex played nicely by himself and then with Daddy and even practiced standing up all on his own.

https://youtu.be/XpIDJyGq2JA

https://youtu.be/Qzq5Jw8uoSI

https://youtu.be/kYmeWeMhr0I

https://youtu.be/-3NpIfyrCNc