Scene 1: Separate Birthdays Please
Every year since 2006, I have spent at least two months planning your birthday. I had an excuse in 2006 because Jan 2007 would be your first birthday. EVERYone – even folks without children – know...
View ArticleOur Journey Begins
For the last couple of years, we’ve been flying down to Florida for a weekend here or there to follow our four-legged friends to WEF. And each and every one of those winters, our trainer would say to...
View ArticleHomeschool Day 1
Today was our first official day of homeschooling. The barn is closed on Mondays, so we had a relatively light day. I think it will be important that the girls understand there is a schedule to each...
View ArticleThe Wednesday Hump
If ever I scoffed at the whole Wednesday Hump theory, I take back all my cynical doubting remarks. The Wednesday Hump does exist, and we hit it yesterday – Hard! It started with a bad decision on my...
View ArticleSo it does get chilly in Florida!
Somehow when I was packing for our six-week excursion, I failed to realize that it does actually get a bit nippy in Southern Florida. The girls and I have no warm clothes or PJ’s so it was one bitter...
View ArticleWhat Vacation?!
Somehow many of my friends think we’re down here just on a six-week vacation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Ok, so my monkeys started the day like this Rise and Shine But today alone, they...
View ArticleHome is where the heart is
When the riding season in Wellington officially ended, I must say I was a bit sadder than I expected. We were in Florida for eight weeks, and I really was missing my close friends, my dogs and most...
View ArticleWeek 1 at HITS
Very excited to have our Dolphin Organics storefront open at HITS in Saugerties! Lots of young girls came over yesterday from the pony rings to check out DO Naturals. Today is a bit more wet and windy...
View ArticleShort stirrups? Check!
We’ve just wrapped up the final week of the HITS spring series, and I have to say it was VERY strange to be here without my boys. Our barn packed up last week and headed home, and I missed our crew and...
View ArticleIs it summer yet?!
My children are busy – there’s no doubt about it. I never think of us as over-scheduled, and they have a nice balance of indoor/outdoor and group/individual activities mixed with play dates....
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