{Horses}

 This last weekend was the Washington International Horse Show in Downtown D.C.  We stumbled upon it while Ryan and I were looking at hockey games at the Verizon Center online.  Knowing how much of a horse lover Meysa is, we thought what a great way to spend a Saturday.  There was a FREE kids day complete with pony rides.  Free is even better.  Well we found out about it in early September, and we had no inclination of what kind of weather we were going to have.  Yup the day we had planned on being outside, was the freak snowstorm around our area.  Thankfully we didn't have any snow per say but it was cold and we had freezing, slushy rain.  That didn't deter us.  We took the metro down since there is a stop basically at the Verizon Center and brought our umbrellas.  They had moved all the kids day activities indoors and cancelled the pony rides.  Meysa was really put out about that but what can ya do? 

 Meysa was in heaven!!  She kept referring to books she had read about different horses and how you can tell what breed they are.  This passing fascination we thought she may have about horses has turned into a full blown obsession.  She couldn't wipe the smile off her face if she wanted to. 

 The other kids had a great time as well though.  There were free cupcakes (Wyatt looks like he is about to devour his), they got to groom a pony (Ayden was brave this time), watch a Native American paint a pony (pretty neat actually), paint their own horseshoe, and of course watch some competitive jumping.  That was Meysa's favorite part I think.  We had to text my brother Alan for some information so we could understand the judging and scoring but for the first time coming to something like this I think we enjoyed it immensely.  So despite the weather it turned out to be a good Saturday!!