An Afternoon with Aunt D and Nordy

A few weeks ago, the girls and I took a ride to Scotts Valley to visit Dana and her horse, Nordy. What a beautiful animal.

Nordy (short for Nordlicht-a German name) is about 12 years old and is just the most beautiful horse. The girls were in heaven to be at the stables near all the horses for an afternoon. Aunt Dana taught them all about horses; what brush to use on what part of his body, what type of sadle she uses, etc. They loved watching Nordy eat carrots. O didn't want to feed him any, but loved watching him eat them. I think Olivia even liked getting "sneezed" on.

The girls can't wait to go back to visit again.

A playdate for O

O has been having a very hard time since CK started school. She fusses and cries every morning because she misses CK so much. Poor thing. Sometimes Mommy time works out to be okay. We will often arrive at a store too early and there is ALWAYS a coffee shop near by. I love my special time with O. I had a lot of special time with CK, now it's O's turn.

I've been setting up playdates for O. I need to do them more often. Either Daddy or I take O to Happy Hollow with a friend and her son every few weeks. The kids have a great time. This day they happen to match. They look SO cute together!

Another Garden Update

Our garden has been doing very well. We even got corn. Small (only 3 1/2" long), but corn nonetheless. We've harvested several Japanese Cucumber and tomatoes. More of both to come soon. More corn as well.

We got two beautiful, and small, sunflowers. I don't know what happened to all the seeds we planted. The birds must have eaten them. Darn birds! At least I got a great photograph. I'm going to blow it up (poster size) and hang it in our bedroom.

Carrots are still growing. We might get a watermelon after all. The plant is finally starting to grow. We'll see.

The girls and I have had a lot of fun with our garden. I hope to plant a winter garden. If this one ever finishes. I might just wait until spring.

"The Greatest Show on Earth"

Sorry it's been a while since my last update. With school starting it's been pretty busy around our house.

On 27 August the girls and I, along with friends A and daughter K and my niece M and cousin's daughter R, all went downtown and saw "The Greatest Show on Earth" - the circus.

Fun was had by all. What a great show. No longer do you see lion and tiger acts. They now have cat, dog and bird acts. So cute! It is amazing what this lady could get cats to do. O was very excited to see Dumbo. Who am I to burst her bubble. She didn't seem upset that he didn't fly. CK loved seeing the horses. I think everyone's favorite was the motorcyles in the giant ball. We couldn't believe that they didn't' crash.