Yesterday we decided to take Charlotte to the races here in California. She was so excited to see the "neigh race". We didn't hear the end of it. So excited that I don't think she took a nap. She is getting very good at playing VERY quietly in her room for about an hour and a half, then making noise. So, we got her up and got ready to go. We haven't taken a family pictures in a while so we took a quick one before we left.
Charlotte was less than cooperative.
We told her that people at the races wear all sorts of silly hats. She wanted to wear one too, of course, and chose her witch hat!
Once we got there Charlotte was thrilled with the amount of horses. We very quickly determined she had definitely NOT napped based on her behavior! If we weren't starting at a horse she was not happy!
We watched the horses get ready for the race. She very desperately wanted to hop on one too!
Then we walked down to watch them run. Now, I grew up 15 minutes from the oldest race track in the country, and arguably one of the prettiest, so I was less than impressed with this SoCal race track. Usually Chris tells me to stop complaining about things being different, but he was right on board with me yesterday! He didn't like it either! We went to the fence to watch the race, but the fence was so much lower than the track it was hard to see much!
Of course Charlotte had to pee before the first race started. Then she had to poop right before the second race. Then pee again on our way out after the third race! It was a good thing I was prepared!
She loved yelling "Go Neigh Go!"
We got some flavored ice which she thoroughly enjoyed and watched the horses walk by again.
Before the third race she started getting very silly, which means she is exhausted and was waving to all the horses. One jockey waved back to her, she loved it!
We decided that we had enough of the races and headed to get something to eat! We did manage to win $14 on one race! Big spenders! It was a fun but tiring afternoon, and we heard about the "neigh races" all the way home!
Charlotte was less than cooperative.
We told her that people at the races wear all sorts of silly hats. She wanted to wear one too, of course, and chose her witch hat!
Once we got there Charlotte was thrilled with the amount of horses. We very quickly determined she had definitely NOT napped based on her behavior! If we weren't starting at a horse she was not happy!
We watched the horses get ready for the race. She very desperately wanted to hop on one too!
Then we walked down to watch them run. Now, I grew up 15 minutes from the oldest race track in the country, and arguably one of the prettiest, so I was less than impressed with this SoCal race track. Usually Chris tells me to stop complaining about things being different, but he was right on board with me yesterday! He didn't like it either! We went to the fence to watch the race, but the fence was so much lower than the track it was hard to see much!
Of course Charlotte had to pee before the first race started. Then she had to poop right before the second race. Then pee again on our way out after the third race! It was a good thing I was prepared!
She loved yelling "Go Neigh Go!"
We got some flavored ice which she thoroughly enjoyed and watched the horses walk by again.
Before the third race she started getting very silly, which means she is exhausted and was waving to all the horses. One jockey waved back to her, she loved it!
We decided that we had enough of the races and headed to get something to eat! We did manage to win $14 on one race! Big spenders! It was a fun but tiring afternoon, and we heard about the "neigh races" all the way home!
Nice family photo-love Charlotte in the huge hat-very funny!!
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