10/24/16

Things to Do - Snapshots of August & September 2016

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Every year I try to plan our vacations so that we "accidentally" miss the Arlington County Fair. Unfortunately, this year I totally blew it. Oh well, at least the kids were happy.

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Shadows are fun.

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I spent a day at Harpers Ferry with the kids and their friends. The kids liked learning about the town's history, but they LOVED the ice cream parlor more.

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Obligatory first day of school picture (2nd, 4th, and 5th grades). Everyone dressed up for the event. And then we all went back to our slovenly ways on day 2.

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The beginning of school brought about lots of reading and homework.

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And Minions.

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MD Renaissance Festival = happiness for everyone.

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Especially he who decides to be king.

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Bored children.

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Family movie night. Everyone kept yelling, "mom, please MOVE OUT OF THE WAY!"

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Soccer season began.

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And I photographed a flower.

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Dan and T decided to make over our backyard and I could not be happier about it.

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The boys made created warriors out of stuffed animals.

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T learned how to ride a bike and now he will never get off the thing.

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Yes, we still have two dogs.

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More fall flowers.

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I attended a Yan Fam Way workshop, where I met a lot of amazing people and learned cool stuff.

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Sometimes it rained, but it wasn't raining when I took this photo.

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I still love hanging at Longbranch Nature Center with this cool girl.

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Sometimes we see flowers there.

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And sometimes deer appear through the flowers. How cool is that?

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Happy Wednesday everyone! Hope you're all having a good fall!!






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