School House Stables

Hello there! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Ours sure was~ complete with 4-H fairs and Mass (Sat AND Sunday-- we need to make this more of a habit!) and fun! It is so rare that we accomplish so much in a weekend, especially these days!

 

Sunday was absolutely beautiful! After Mass, we headed to the Redlegs football game. I dutifully checked the weather beforehand to see if it would be child-friendly and not too terribly hot.

 

Good news! Upper 70's and 95% chance of cloud cover. So that's what I planned for.

 

Well, we got there and the sun was out and it was HOT.

 

Thankfully Pat's parents brought umbrellas, otherwise I would have had to take Sebastian to the car, because the sun stayed out and shown down mercilessly the whole game.

 

It was so hot! We were all sweltering. But it was a ton of fun, especially because one of the refs brought a radio and so there was music the whole time, which was clandestinely switched from hip-hop to country, thanks to Mac (quite an improvement!).

 

Kateri wisely dumped a cup of water over her entire dress in order to stay cool. Smart kid!

 

The game was fun and we won! Afterwards, we were super lucky to go visit Katherine's horses in the picturesque horse-country north of Middleburg.

 

She has her horses at School House Stables.

 



 

Yes that is a gravel road!

Named for the old schoolhouse that is on the property.

Currently under renovation

We got to see a stallion, who is four years old.

All the horses love Katherine! Even the stallion, who was nippy, listened to her.

Pat and the stallion make their awkward introductions

Unfortunately, I only had my camera phone! Next time we will bring the big camera for sure.

This is Troy. He is the sweetest horse! Katherine was so sweet to bring him out for Kateri. He was very gentle, and Kateri couldn't believe how big she was!

Kateri is seriously not sure what to think

We know Kateri was slightly confused because she kept saying, "Moooooo!"

Katherine also showed us the baby horse.

So cute! But you have to laugh at Sebastian's face. . . "really not so sure about this, mom."

For the record, Pat showed Kateri some cows on the trip home to clear up any lingering confusion. But the cows were strangely silent, so we may just have to start playing 'Baby Einstein: Farm Animals' in these here parts.