On to Dorset

This mid-term break business has been great fun – nice little stay-cation.

Wednesday, after our infamous swim adventure which for the 3rd day didn’t wipe us all out, we zipped over to Westway Stables for Claire’s Pony Day.

She spent from 10 to 4 grooming and loving on the horses, cleaning water buckets, riding, playing arena games and who knows what else. When Ava and I arrived to retrieve her she was glowing with a big grin on her face as she and her partner scrambled to trade places on their horse for a race.

Every bit of her smelled like horse; I even had to wash her jacket. And she was exhausted; we’d intended to eat at Café Med, a neighborhood favorite, but after she got home all she wanted to do was collapse in her nightie. So we tried a new pizza delivery place instead.

Now we’ve only ordered pizza here a few times, given we like to make it. And the handful of delivery pizzas we’ve had have been like Dominoes at home…

BUT my New Yorker friend Kathy finally landed a pie she could approve of before leaving back to NY, thus handing Papa Del’s info on to me.

I would venture to say Papa will make it into my phone – sans the appetizers though. The wings and corn left something to be desired.

Back to pony day for a minute…God smiled down on Claire and her pony friends as the day was bright and sunny, so they could all enjoy. After Tuesday’s deluge, I didn’t expect the best…

And yesterday was another cold, ornery day, so the bright gem in the middle was much appreciated.

While Claire rode Ava and I met some friends for The Princess and Frog movie (well done, as always, Disney – this time no parent got the axe). And while the title screams girlie, I think boys would like it too.

Yesterday we wrapped up swim, met up w/ friends at Giraffe for a kid-friendly lunch, then went to Hairspray. This was the first long musical Ava’s been to, and she was a great audience member. It’s a fun show, wonderful music, humor and dance. Claire seemed to very much enjoy it, as well.

Their show etiquette, I must say, was much better than the middle schoolers behind us – they had their feet up, sans shoes, on the backs of our seats. GROSS. And in a very elegant theatre, too…

Today we’re off to Dorset – happy weekend!