Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Abby's Old Fashioned BDay
We celebrated Abby's 4th Birthday this weekend in conjunction w/ Culpeper's Remembrance Days. She really wanted a Stonewall Jackson party. Knowing that there would be an encampment at the museum in town, I scheduled it for the same weekend so we could combine the festivities. Aside from the terrible rainy weather on Sat. it worked well.
Friday night the kids dressed up and we visited the encampment. We had the place to ourselves and got to help as they lighted candles in the oldest house in Culpeper which is on the museum grounds. The kids got to touch all of the period children's toys and see the camp set up. On Sat., Abby had her soccer team pictures and we ran a thousand errands. We spent the rest of the rainy afternoon making hardtack and getting ready for the party. Patrick took the kids back to the encampment when there was a break in the weather so I could work out. On Sunday, the weather cleared and it was a great day for a get together on Heelen hill. Bubby and Grandfather showed up as a wounded soldier and his nurse! Abby was facinated w/ Grandfather's white whiskers he grew just for the party. Popa and Nana came all the way from MD.
Our neighbors also came and joined in the fun, donning Civil War attire and old fashioned games and music. We made two tents for the north and the south and decorated flags for each. The kids made drums, churned butter and baked apples over the fire. They also got to fill a haversack w/ soldier essentials and try out Abby's hard tack. I was exhausted before it all began but everyone seemed to have a good time, especially little Stonewall "himself!"
Click on the picture above to see more pictures from the party.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Abby's Birthday
Happy 4th Birthday Abigail!
We celebrated Abby's 4th birthday last Sunday with hot dogs and mac and cheese and a homemade chocolate cake. Abby was pleased to hear she could "break her diet" on her birthday and have ketchup and chocolate (she was on an acid reflux diet to see if it helped w/ her constant throat clearing... it didn't). She was very excited with her new maraca and kazoo... but the piece d' resistance was her very own American Girl Doll that looks just like her. She said it was "just what she wished for!" Bubby came and we played a quick game of "Don't Wake Up Daddy" before bed time. Next week we're having her Civil War themed birthday party... her special request... she has a real interest in history and it's sparked Margaret to be more interested in American Girl and Little House... all the things I loved when I was little...although, her fascination w/ Stonewall Jackson comes straight from her dad, of course!
Friday, April 1, 2011
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