BIG Girl Gauze at the Horse Races!!

So Dandeelyon accompanied her daddy and his "circle of friends" at Colonial Downs for a stellar day of horse racing ( Colonial Turf Cup) and what an eventful day it was. Dandeelyon pet a horse which proceeded to smile at her (not kidding--look at the pic) and she had a mis-hap on the green ( skinned knee) and landed herself in the infirmary where Dr. Shaun helped her recover so we could catch the last raceof the day...

She off course now wants a horse of her own. My friend Brit thinks it's doable...maybe she can help me figure out how to make that a reality??I think we'll start with some lessons... ( baby steps)

Dandeelyon's Loses her first tooooff !!!

So Dandeelyon was a little bit nervous but received tons of encouragement and support from her friend Eilidh, Fiona, Alexander, and Deb as her mommy pulled her first toof!!

So proud of my baby girl!!  

Swine Flu and Convertibles..

Yeah FAKE smile, cause Dandeelyon had swine flu. Yuck...we pulled her from school the day before, she started running a fever of 102 and they confirmed it this am. They had to make a call to report it to the health department. Wierd...  She is fine though, just hot and bothered. I told her one day she could forward to feeling this way all the time and it would be called menopause. She asked what men went through and I said mid life crisis...she asked what that meant and I said we would wear hawaiian shirts and drive convertibles...

Dandeelyon just realized life is NOT fair. Indeed it's not.

Memorial Day in DC

So Dandeelyon and I go to DC to visit my cousins from the North who now live in Alexandria, Virginia. My cousin has been in the Navy since about 2000. He has been from the Persian Gulf aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, to Alfghanistan, to Pearl Harbour, to most recently Tokyo, Japan. He and his wife ( they dates since like the 6th grade) are now parents to a beautiful little..who Dandeelyon absolutely adores!!

We headed into DC for the National Memorial Day Parade..and Dandeelyon being Dandeelyon had to get so close that she could beat the drums for the Marching Bands... a great time indeed!

The most memorable quote of the day was when Dandeelyon said the WW2 Veterans ( Pearl Harbour survivors) "looked old...like Skeletan Old" but also sweet like Dad-dads ( her code word for grandaddy)

Dandeelyon's First Race!!!!

So it all began several years back when Dandeelyon was just 3 ( 2006) when her daddy reached over the barracade and carried her across the finish line at the Marine Corps Marathon. Dandeelyon recieved her very own medal that day and has been watching daddy run races..but also chomping at the bit to run herself. 

Dandeelyon had her chance at the Carytown 10k on May 17th. Her proud daddy ran hand in hand with her until the end. My proudest moment came when she looked at me, about 100 yards from the finish line and said, "Daddy, let's turn it on!!"---and we ran as hard as we could across the finish line!!!

Atta Girl!! Looking forward to running many more with her...