Another busy weekend....

This weekend was a busy one. We picked blackberries at Butler's Orchard...it's nearby so we may be going back for all the other different "fruit-picking" seasons.

Now we have to learn how to make blackberry pie.












Refreshed from her nap, she didn't even show any signs of fatigue even after a long, hot day's work of picking blackberries.



The following day, we went to the International Children's Festival held in Vienna, VA. The countries honored this year were China, Finland, Jordan, and Ghana. Samantha enjoyed participating in activity booths for each of the countries.









Here she is painting the Chinese character for her zodiac sign: the rooster.



There was an "instrument petting zoo" and Samantha tried out the violin.