Tonight Alaina offered the following, un-solicited wisdom at the dinner table: Babysitting is like riding horses for Jordan. You go around and around doing loop-de-loops. And you do a cannonball over the poles and when you land you are riding the horse again...
This string of thought apparently stemmed from watching Jordan's riding lesson Tuesday night, and is either just goofy or a very deep insight on child-rearing. I'm truly not sure which.
We were outside tonight playing and my horse Bree started running around, carrying on because she couldn't see the other two horses. It is still very mucky out there from all the rain we've had and as she tried to gallop a sharp corner she lost all her four-hoof-drive and slammed flat on her side. She leaped up and started over again, but now with her entire side black with mud and a huge, smooth egg-shaped indent in the mud preceded by a skid mark of about 15 feet. Too funny, you rarely see a horse actually fall down.
Today was Ethan's class field trip to the Butterfly House in St. Louis. This caps off a big study unit on butterflies. It is a cool place and was a beautiful day for playing and picnicking in Faust Park.
Another big hit this year is Running Club. At first Ethan insisted he did not want to join, and would rather go home and play Lego's. I asked him to try one night and he came out so excited! They meet each Monday for five weeks in the fall, then again for five Mondays in spring. Some of Ethan's friends are in it too, and it is limited to 1st and 2nd graders. The coach makes it fun, and the kids are eager to go each time. Ethan has gone between .8 and 1.2 miles each time, which I think is great.
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