Sturbridge Village classes

David and I don't often remember to bring our camera with us when we go places. We did remember this time though. Yeah. We took the girls to Sturbridge Village for their Homeschool Day a couple of weeks ago. It poured the whole day. Luckily we had signed the girls up for classes ahead of time in the education building. So we spent the day in the education building which is awesome! The girls took 3 classes which were each 60 minutes long. They had classes in herbal remedies, farm life, and old fashioned stamp making. Dave and I hung out with our friend Lise Dufour and a couple other homeschool parents that we know. The girls are excited to take more classes there next year. We have a family membership, so we will be spending a lot of time their this summer.

American Girl Tea Party

Adriana recently attended an American Girl Tea Party at the Putnam Public Library. She was sooooo excited about this event. She constantly reminded me about it to make sure that I would take her. We had to arrive 1 and 1/2 hours early so that she could help "Miss Tina", the chilcrens' librarian, set things up. It was a wonderful event with approximately 15 girls ages 5-10 years old. The library sent out Tea Party invitations to all the girls, telling them to dress up and to bring their dolls with them. Miss Tina read an American girl story to them. Then they made several crafts. They also made cucumber and cream cheese finger sandwiches, using cookie cutters to cut off the crusts. They all sat down to beautifully decorated tables with fancy plates, tea cups and saucers, cloth table cloths and cloth napkins. They ate their finger sandwiches, scones with clotted cream and strawberry jam, tea, and of course assorted cookies donated by Victoria Station Cafe. Adriana was in her glory!

Victoria Station Patio Pics!

Hello Evahreebuddy!

I have about a gajillion things I should be doing right now, but I have decided to play on the computer instead. I took a few pics of our new patio in front of the cafe today, and for those of you who can't make it down to see it first hand, I thought I'd share!

...and then you'll be SOOOOOOO inspired that we'll see you this weekend! Yay!

or not.

Anyway, enjoy the pics. I can't type anymore for fear of getting REALLY silly, so I'm punching out for tonight! God bless, see you all soon!

Dave & all those other Anderson/Donatellis.