A Great Fall Weekend

Our weekends have been jammed packed! On Saturday Preston and I took pictures in our development. There are these great wooden bridges all over the creeks. Then we joined my new friend from work Roman, his wife Anni and their son Ethan who is five months older than Preston at Maymont Nature Park. I had been here years before with Sam and Jordana but in the winter. It was gorgeous. The weather was unbelievable so we had a picnic lunch outside. The boys climbed on rocks, played with sticks, explored a cave, etc. Then at the children's farm they fed the goats (which we swore they would do all day as long as we had quarters for the food machines), saw a hawk, sheep, chickens, bulls and a buffalo. At the nature preserve they were super amused by the huge sea turtles, fish, eels, and the night owls. Unfortunately the otters were asleep-they are usually a huge hit so we will have to return. They ended their day in the discovery room.

Today we drove to Fredericksburg, Virginia to meet up with my friend Kathy from law school. We shopped and took Preston out to dinner. It was so much fun to see Kathy considering we were pretty much inseparable in law school. She is now with the Department of Justice in DC and her husband is a Marine pilot! She even bought Preston a White House helicopter and secret service toy vehicle! Needless to say he was so excited, but even more so to know Kathy has a Dalmatian which he has reminded me thirteen times already that we need to visit. Here are some pictures from the weekend. (Oh and from my previous post, the scooter is by Angeles- I need to get the official name and height dimensions). AND.... to piss off my sister even more-gas is officially $1.91 here! I am beside myself with excitement. We have come a long way from $4.47!