Wednesdays we have a music class and on the way home we always pass by Occoquan. Today I wanted to make a stop there to visit 13 Magickal Moons, a magick/witch/pagan shop. I went in there for the first time on Sunday and wanted to see if they had something to help heal my foot. The kids and I wound up spending the rest of the afternoon in Occoquan.
The boys were absolutely tickled with the shop because not only are there a bunch of cats chilling in the place, the woman that was working that day had her four week old baby with her. The kids both love babies and it was an exercise in futility trying to keep them away from the little dude. They thought it was just fantastic that you put change in a little jar on top of the fridge to get sodas and were fascinated with all of the herbs for sale. They're already asking if they can go back. Maybe the shop will start doing some children's class's at some point.
After we got out of there, we walked (hobbled) up to the Occoquan Mill Museum. I would like to to go back either with Garrick or once I'm out of my cast. While the museum is very very small, it has all sorts of wonderful artifacts from Occoquan's history. They even had a table full of stuff for kids to touch and feel. Trent was delighted that he could write his own name in their guest book.
I got a request from the kids to visit one more "fun place." So we crossed the street and went to Tastefully Yours. We got some gelato and ate it outside. In January. Because it was seventy degrees out! (Shakes head.)
