Mount Vernon

We were able to go to Mount Vernon (George Washington's house) while we were in Virginia. We had a tour of his home and then there are a bunch of other buildings all over the property such as the blacksmith, overseer quarters, salt house, slaves quarters,carriage house, greenhouse and much more. The kids had a lot of fun doing a scavenger hunt and learning about life back then. Since Christmas is around the corner the visitors center had a couple of beautiful Christmas trees up and decorations. One of our favorite parts was a hands on kid area in one of the exhibits. They had a huge Mount Vernon doll house, dress up clothes, coloring, piecing together artifacts and much more. I was so glad that my parents were able to come with us! We love to hang out with them!

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Lincoln loved my Dad.  Lincoln loved playing with the water while my Dad watered flowers and just hanging out with him outside. One of the month's highlights for the kids were their walks they went on with my Dad.

One Saturday we went to the farmers market, which was amazing!!  There was even a clown and musicians, and lots more to see.

These pictures are from Burke Lake Park.  I have good memories of going here when I was a kid.  We were able to take a little hike with the kids there too.

This seems to be the only picture I took at the Zoo.  At the zoo they are doing a huge construction job making a new habitat for the Elephants.  It looks like it will be nice.  We'll have to go back when they are done.

Month in Virginia Post #1

The kid's were able to sign up for the Library program which they loved.  All the libraries in the county there are run together so we were able to visit a few.  In front of each library there was a painted book sculpture, each painted uniquely.  (This one had seen better days, but it's the one I remembered to get a picture in front of)  The kids attended a couple of programs at the library.  The first was a watermelon themed one where they were able to paint a tile with a watermelon on it for free.  In a week you could go back and pick it up after it had been fired.  Another program was put on by the Maryland Science center.  It was about flight and they even blew up a little blimp for us.

Of course we had to try out Cupcakes Actually.  All I can say is delicious!!

Above are some cupcakes that I made for a  wedding shower that my Mom threw.  White cake with a light fluffy buttercream, chocolate with chocolate ganache, chocolate with buttercream covered in ganache.