First and Last

This weekend presented several firsts and lasts for the girls.  Saturday morning, they attended "Pony Camp" at our friend's farm.  They have been attending most Saturday mornings since July.  They have learned about the horses, how to groom them, and saddle them.  Recently they have spent more and more time riding without a lead.  Several of their young friends come too, so it is a great social event as well.  I usually try to take some reading material along, but this week I spent some time getting some video taken for JP to watch.  Yesterday it was raining so hard, that it was hard to hear over the sound of the rain pounding on the roof of the barn.

We brought J home from "Pony Camp", then L and I changed and headed to the Library for the annual Teddy Bear Picnic.  This was L's last Teddy Bear Picnic, since she is now 6 years old.  It made me a little sad, since I've been taking the girls to the Teddy Bear Picnics for the past 8 years!  They do bear related crafts, listen to stories about bears, and have a brown bag lunch with bear type food:  peanut butter and honey sandwiches, Teddy Grahams, etc.

L and I stayed after the Picnic for me to do some of my Library Board related duties...we attended the dedication and grand opening of the new Gazebo that was erected this summer out side of the Library.  We eventually got so cold and damp, that we headed home, where we snuggled up in sweatpants and watched a movie.

Today was a lovely day - sunny and cool, the perfect kind of day for the first soccer games of the season!  Both girls played very well, and although their teams did not win, they both had fun.  That's what it's all about after all!

Now it is time to gear up for another week of school.  I completely overwhelmed and tearful by the end of last week, dealing with all of changes of L's cyber school, along with the unanticipated stress of an accident and having my van out of commission for a while.  But my headache and sore neck finally resolved last night, so I'm tentatively optimistic about the next week.

Deep breaths...