Pirate Day at the Library

I love our new library here in Prince George and all the librarians. They are doing so many fun things for the kids. This day was for International Talk Like a Pirate Day and the librarians were all dressed like pirates. One of them, in the photos, showed Perrin his booty and loot and his swords he had in his car. we had arrived late after the event as honeybunny was in school but they still did what they could to make it fun for us.
Another event there was with the Canine Therapy Dogs and Perrin fell in love with the Great Dane. The kids read to the dogs and can pet them and learn how they help people with all sorts of things even anxiety in children.
Things sure have changed since I was a kid and went to the library. Now they have so many fun things to do and see and learn. I hope Perrin always remembers these days and will always have a love for books like we do.

Publix Days at Henricus Park

Off we went to the free Publix Days at Henricus Park this Septmeber weekend. I have always wanted to see what was behind those wooden fences and this was a special weekend to go . I was sorry Perrin couldnt come with us but he was away for the weekend so he missed getting on board the ship Godspeed.
I picked Alyssa and Hallie up that morning and off we went. We learned a lot how Henricus was settled and how they had a community set up behind this fence to protect them from the mm savage Indians . they grow a nice garden there, had a church and a hospital. The reenactors were very nice and explained the story to us as we moved along thru the area. But the first thing we wanted to see was the ship Godspeed that had sailed from Jamestown up the river and docked at Henricus. We walked the plank aboard the ship and were allowed to wander around and touch the ropes and wheel and someone would tell us about how they lived on the ship and life aboard it.
There were Indians inside the fort and they also told us about their life. They had their long houses set up and we were amazed at what was inside. I cannot wait to go back on the next Publix Days in September and hope honeybunny will be here so he can see the ship too !

Taking that first step into the World

Irene postponed the first day of school for Perrin for two weeks due to damage to the schools and also with the power outages. But the little man was ready when the time came. The day before school started was the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and I wanted to take him and Hallie to see something of 9/11 so that we would remember. Ft Lee had just what I wanted them to see with their display of a piece of the Pentagon that was part of where one of the planes that hit on that day. We learned a lot of history and things we didnt know. And we also went on to a part of the base that we had not seen before.
The next day was September 12th, the first day of school and for Perrin to ride on that long anticipated yellow school bus he has been waiting his whole 5 years for. Up early and dressed in his new clothes and book bag he was over the top excited. Grandma Sherry, Grannette, Nana were there to see him off on his first adventure on his own along with mom and dad. He had a great day and had a nice teacher Ms Moon, but his best was riding that yellow school bus with Ms Kay every day !

Irene

I find myself excited and scared when a hurricane comes thru and this week we met Irene in our own backyard ! How lucky we were though that the trees that blew down fell away from the house and we were only inconvienced by no power for a week. We were also lucky that our friends Tim and Danielle offered us their home for showers and to cool off from Irenes humidity when their power came back on.
Irene left us with a lot of downed trees, high winds and teaching Perrin to play board games during that time. She also left us with some beautiful mushrooms that grew in our yard after she left.

Summertime Fun

There are lots of fun things to do with my honeybunny that are free and the kids enjoy them so much. Swaders had a fun birthday event just a few days after Perrins birthday. We really enjoyed the face painting and the balloon animals by Cuddles the Clown. Spongebob and Dora also made an appearance there along with PG Fire Dept with games for the kids and Perrin loved getting to sit in the fire truck with a real fireman hat on. Lots of games for kids this day and a most delicious cake that the girls made sure Perrin got the big red flower to eat LOL

Here we go go go on an adventure

Perrins 5th birthday

Honeybunny turned 5 with lots of family and friends gathered at our home for a Shark Party. Ms Mary made an awesome Jaws cake which we all loved. We had sprinklers and a pool for them to play in along with some cool blowup sea creatures. Found these little sea animals that when you put them in water they grow. They had sting rays, crabs sharks and octopus for each of the kids. We also gave them a little fish to take home in a bowl (most of them didnt survive though) Perrin got lots of gifts and enjoyed just having his favorite people around him to celebrate his big day.