Strawberry Festival

Another successful Strawberry Festival is behind us. We made it there in time for Sophia's first parade on Saturday morning. She loved sitting on Will's shoulders to watch the cars and floats drive by and she became especially excited when they had costumed characters on them. She waved to Miss Va Beach, Miss Teen Va Beach, Miss Pre-Teen Va Beach, AND Little Miss Va Beach as they went by in their convertibles. (And honestly, there were two extra cars for Mrs Philippines Va Beach and Little Miss Philippines Va Beach which puzzled me. Who knew?) When the bands marched by she couldn't get enough of the drums, trumpets and flag girls. Overall, I'd say she enjoyed the parade the most.

We walked around the festival and tried some giant chocolate covered strawberries, listened to a little live music and did some serious people-watching. We took Sophia inside the stinky petting zoo and spent some time admiring the filthy, lonely cows. She sat on a kiddie-tractor and a cow. Last year she touched the baby duck and this year she wasn't interested. We went into the "ride/carnival" area and let her try a few games - "fish" and "pick a duck". One game booth had a giant Barney that she pointed out to us. Will quickly figured out that he would have to win 24 times in a row to actually win that Barney doll. It was the "throw the dart and break a balloon" booth.

I brought home a strawberry crumb pie and it's delicious. Will has eaten 1 piece to my three so far. I've got 1/2 a pie to eat in the next 24 hours! Yummy!!!

Take a look at all of the pictures from the festival.