How to Make Pancakes - The Victorian Way

I found this video and may just try them myself.  Victorian pancakes.

Happy Birthday Genevieve

Our grand daughter turned six on Friday but today the 19th was the celebration at the sports park.  Putt Putt and pizza or subs with cake and ice cream to finish off.

Friday on her real birthday  the 18th was a trip to the pumpkin patch with her class.  I was a chaperone and I must say the children were all happy to be here on a nice breezy but warm day.
Genevieve on bottom right with the blonde wavy hair.

Later in the day Steve and I went to Agecroft Hall to see  a murder mystery play.  The changing scenes were not on a stage but in the rooms of the Tudor mansion built in the late 15th century England and brought to Richmond.  I liked this so much as we got to tour the different rooms where the mystery was played out and nice seeing twilight through the stained glass. Candle light lit the way for us.  No pictures were allowed as usual in the home.

blooming still in the sunken garden

Saturday the 19th is the sports park for birthday celebration for Genevieve who is 6

I took a piece of birthday cake to mom today and she did enjoy it.  We played scrabble and she won again.

Adalyns riding lesson

Adalyn is taking riding lessons.  Girl loves horses.  I remember at one time she would not get even close to one.  Now all she talks about is horses.
Steve and I so enjoyed watching her.  She is still little and needs help with the saddle and other things that go with riding a horse like the grooming that's expected after wards.  She is too little to be expected to take care of that by herself.  A few more years for that.  Right now she is getting used to riding and loves it!

Video clip of lesson

Cape Charles

Another place in August we took the girls was Cape Charles located on the shores of Chesapeake bay Virginia.
The Cape Charles town beach is the only public beach on the eastern shore of Virginia that a parking or entrance fee is not charged.
Some pictures of our day here.   Can walk out for quite a distance with the water just up to the ankles.

  Girls loved it.

girls found pretty rocks and some little shells.

silky white sand.

driving about the town of Cape Charles and admiring pretty homes with nice yards.

found a nice place to eat and then back to the beach a little while 

Time to get back to the hotel as the sun is starting to set 

Also on the same ⇉trip