Horse Races

Dear Abigail, 

Guess where we went? To see horses race!! We went to visit Mommy's friend from college. Miss Jenny, in Lexington, KY and while we were in horse country, we decided we'd pay a little visit to the races.  Mommy and Daddy have not been since you were born and we were super excited about going back, for more than just the race.  Besides Miss Jenny (and Mr. Roy), you got to play with Tripp,  or as you refer to him "What's that's boy name again?".  You have asked me at least 200 times what his name is. I am SO not kidding.  It's been a week and 1/2 since we've been to visit and just tonight out of no where you said "What's that boy's name again?" and I knew exactly who you were referring to.  Who knows why you can't remember the actual name, but you remember everything else, including that we saw his horses race!  

So we get there on Friday afternoon and Tripp welcomes you to his house full of boy toys!  It was so funny because his playroom was the exact opposite of yours!  Lots of toys, like LOTS, but nothing pink at all!!  You had no problem finding something to play with though.  You loved playing with his bugs, which freaked Mommy out a bit.  And his sword. That you would 'cut people with'.  There are going to be moments in life when I will be troubled with having a girl, but this was not one of those.  I am so glad we don't have swords in our house!!  But you loved it and walked around all weekend with it.  

After visiting a bit, we headed to get Mexican!  Our kind of people!!  Another funny moment was you had to go potty and I was feeding Kate, so Miss Jenny said she'd take you.  Well, then Tripp wanted to go.  I guess it doesn't matter whether it's Ellie or not at Mexican, you always have a partner to go potty with!  

After Mexican, you were super excited because you were going to sleep in Tripp's bedroom, but instead, the two of you decided that you'd just play in Kate's bed in his room! 

Oh!!  So on our way up to their house, we stopped at this truck stop to go potty.  Well, low and behold you found the biggest Minnie and Mickey we'd ever seen and carried them around the store.  We told you that we couldn't buy them and after a tear or two, you got back in our car and headed that way.  Well... within minutes of walking in their house, guess what you found...

That's right!  He had both of them!!! But he's also been to Disney World 3 times.  Yes, he's just 4 years old.  Mommy's jealous, no doubt.  And I got some good tips from Mr. Roy, the Disney World planner in the fam!
Saturday was race day, and with race day came a lot of rain.  Boo.  It made things a little more complicated, but at the end of the day, we made it to the races.  You were super excited, and a bit scared at first, at seeing the horses, but after that first race, you became a natural cheerer!  Here you are watching the horses walk out, and yes, you had your blanket wrapped around you.  It was a little chilly, but I think you were being more silly than cold...

There's your buddy and his silly Daddy!

Here's you cheering on the horses!!! (See Miss Jenny there in the corner, they were about to win!!)

We watched lots of races and even walked around to look at them before the races.  Here you and Tripp deciding that the "yellow" horse was going to win.  It did not...

After a long day at the races, we headed home, where you took a quick nap, but Tripp decided to continue his nap once he got home.  You played a little on his playground and finally he woke up.  We let the 2 of you just play play play while we chilled chilled chilled, but eventually it was time for bed.  You had NO problem going to bed that night at all.  On Sunday morning, the two of you immediately started playing once both of you were awake and, well, we learned not to leave you two alone for too long.  I went to check on y'all and you both had climbed on his closet shelf and sprayed a whole can of sun screen on each other.  First off, the fumes were unbelievable in that closet.  Second, I have NO clue how you did not get that in your eyes, but nonetheless you didn't.  It did, however, get in your hair so we immediately threw you in the shower.  And opened his windows to let the room breathe!!! You crazy kiddos!  After a quick shower, we loaded up the car and headed home.  We had so much fun, but I think you and Tripp had a TON of fun.  He's right up your alley when it comes to having fun, which is a good thing, and clearly can lead to trouble, too!!!
Despite the rain, a fun race weekend.  We can't wait to go back in October (when the next set of races are!).
Love you!