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A pony please

I completely get the sad "my baby's growing up" thing that most mom's talk about as their kids get older.  That said, I also love watching them grow and learn and that I get to experience life all over again.  Having kids is sort of like a rebirth!  The little things, the simple things in life that we rarely even give two thoughts on suddenly become half-hour interesting conversations.  Anytime I hear "so mom, I was thinking..." I know it's going to be something good.  Of course right now I can't recall the details of so many of these recent conversations, but I assure you there are some good ones.  I started (finally) writing them down so don't worry, there will be future posts.
Along with life's little things and interesting conversations come new experiences.  Enter preschool.  More specifically, school field trips.  The first was to the pumpkin patch in October and the second, last week, was to a local horse stable.  Cold, smelly and full of "land mines" you can imagine how much I was into it.  That is, until I saw how cute and excited all the kids were at getting to meet the horses.  Too cute.  They got to groom, feed and of course ride a few of them and were beyond thrilled.  The conversation on the ride home went something like this...
"mom, you're the best.  I liked you being at the stable with me today"
"I loved being here today.  Did you have a good time?"
"Yes. And mom?"
"Yes Vanessa?"
"Can I have a horse?  A real horse like the one I rode on today?  Can I have one please?"
"Ask Daddy."

;-)

Feeding "Jack"
(Vanessa is in the pink)

Grooming "Percy"

"Daddy, can I have a horse?"

Tough guy

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Vanessa's pilgrimage

A funny thing happened on the way home from preschool today...
Well, a funny conversation that is.  While talking about what stories were read, what art projects were done, what was had for snack, etc. Vanessa asked me what a Pilgrim is/was.  Hmm.  Ok, realizing I'm a little rusty at history I did my best to explain that they were people who were looking for a new place to live and settled here in America to start a new life.  Then came the follow-up question, "but mom, why did they have to come to America and find a new place to live?".  This one I'm certain I fumbled a little as I tried to think of the right way to explain religious persecution and the right to worship to a three year old.  It came out something to the effect that they were people who were not allowed to pray and believe how they wanted to believe so they left.  However my explanation went, she pondered it for awhile and then said..."so wait.  Mom, do you mean that if I can't do what I believe then I can go to a new state?!?!?".  My response..."when your a grown-up, yes".  So now I wait.  I wait for the moments to come when I tell her no, she cannot wear her Cinderella costume to the grocery store and she replies....but mom, I BELIEVE that I should be able to! 

October fun

Yes...this is a post all about October. Yes...I've been lacking in blog posts. Yes...I've been called out on my slacking. Things have been great and we were able to get some super fun weekends out of October that I managed to capture with some great pictures. The first weekend was a benefit golf tournament that all us Blanco's headed to Boston for and all the "of age" Blanco's actually golfed in (not surprising that any of the other Blanco's golfed, but a bit surprising that I am joining the ranks!). Yup. Me, Juan, his dad and Suzy. I'm pretty sure the best part of the tournament was the amazing drive I shot. It may have been the only real shot I had the entire 18, but you can be sure I'll be talking about for at least the next year. It was 198yds, I mean seriously...I'm allowed to brag right?! I didn't get it on video and I didn't get a photo, but I do have a few witnesses to prove it. The weather that weekend was unbelievable and allowed us to spend the rest of the time outdoors in downtown Boston. Bliss.

We also got to have a visit to our house from Grandpa and Uncle Ryan.  I'm pretty sure Vanessa made certain that neither of them had a boring (or quiet) moment to themselves.  Uncle Ryan got to golf with Daddy while Vanessa took the rest of us to the Children's Museum.  The rest of the photos are from Halloween weekend. Vanessa and I got to have some girl time and headed into town for a costume party. I'm not sure if the best part for Vanessa was seeing another girl dressed as Cinderella or the fact that there were no free tables at Panera when we stopped for lunch so we ate in our car. Yes, we had ourselves a ladies picnic in the front seat. I couldn't stop smiling because Vanessa thought it was the funniest thing. She's still talking about it weeks later. Note to moms...apparently it's the silly, breaking-the-rules sort of things that can make your kids day ;-)

walking around Boston Gardens with Abuelo

perfect day for a family photo

of course we got pictures on the ducks

loving Tia Suzy

exploring with Grandpa
(yes she's wearing pajamas with a Snow White skirt, don't all 3 year olds?)

a little q.t. with Grandpa

sizing up the other Cinderella

lunch in the car   ;-)

Happy Halloween!
(could not get them to stand next to each other, so gave up trying)