Crawfish Boil at Ft. Hunt Park

Yesterday we drove down to Alexandria near Mt. Vernon to Ft. Hunt Park. The Louisiana colleges alumni groups get together every year for a huge crawfish boil. It was a great turnout this year as they sold out with 1500 tickets! The lines were really long, but they were boiling TONS at a time. There was a great zydeco band and Libby and Drew got to experience their first Second Line! Only problem was that Drew didn't understand you were supposed to hold the napkin up high. Instead, he kept throwing them away. We left there exhausted and a little sunburned, but it was a really fun day!

Libby's Cuteness

I love Libby and how her precious little mind thinks sometimes. Here's what she came up with yesterday...

an escalator is an "alligator":
"Daddy, I wanna ride the alligator!" as we were in Dick's Sporting Goods.

Another one:
whispering: "Mama, I have a secret... I wub you!" This really tickles me because I say this to them all the time when I have the chance to whisper in their ear. So, I loved that she initiated it herself. I sure do wub her, too!

3-Year-Old Portraits

We are a little late this year, but we finally went to have Libby and Drew's 3rd year portraits taken today. They had a lot of fun playing and saying, "Cheese" about a zillion times! Here are some cute ones:

Strawberry Picking at the Farm

On Saturday, we packed up the car and drove out to Great Country Farms to pick strawberries. We lucked out and beat the rain (and crowds, too). There were tons to pick and lots of fun things to do afterward. We even went up the mountain across the street to Bluemont Vineyard for a tasting and were amazed by the gorgeous views up there. I loved their Viognier best and we bought a bottle to take home. And to think all of this is only about 45 minutes away from us! The strawberries are nice and sweet this year, too. YUM!