Road Trip

Last Friday The Barefoot Princess, The Barefoot Baby and I had a road trip penciled in on our calendar. I told BP we were off for an adventure and two minutes later when I glanced back at her she was sound asleep. I realized I had about two hours to go anywhere and enjoy the beautiful sunshine and fresh fallen snow and think. I soon found myself driving to the area where my favorite farmhouses are built about 45 minutes from our house. (I posted about them once before) We dream of someday building one these new - old farmhouses. They are the essence of The Barefoot Family and on this particular day they were breathtaking!!! As I drove around exploring new territory I was able to do a lot of thinking.

I thought about my two Princesses sound asleep in the backseat and how blessed I am to be their mommy.

I thought a lot about the preschool decision we are facing right now.

I thought about homeschooling...just kidding

I thought about how quickly time passes and enjoying EVERY moment is crucial

I thought about how lucky I am to be able to take a road trip on a sunny Friday afternoon with my two sleepyheads

I thought about our next step and the decisions and changes we (The Barefoot Family) must make in 2008

I thought about who we are and how we want to raise our little girls

I thought about how I would love some hot chocolate, but did not want to disturb the sleeping princesses

Just as I turned around to go home, The Barefoot Princess woke up and in the sweetest little voice asked, "Mommy, my city?"
I told her, "No sweetie, Today's road trip brought us to the country where the air is fresh, the views breathtaking, and life seems so simple, but the cool thing is your city is less than two hours away." My last deep thought for the day was life is definitely about the best of both worlds!

Someday???

I had a horse growing up and so did BP's Dad, actually he had a few. So it is one of our dreams to have a horse again someday. We have a good friend who knows this dream of ours and she called last week to tell us about a sweet Belgian mare who was in need of a good home. The name of the mare is Janet and her current owner described her as "good as gold." Our friend said she had room on her farm for us to board Janet if we decided we could not live without her. We went to see Janet and she was beautiful and very sweet. I loved her right away (maybe it had something to do with the matching bellies we both had), but we decided that she was a little too "green" for us. In horse terms, green means she was not well trained and probably a little older than we would like. We also know that right now is not the perfect time to make our dream come true, with baby #2 on the way. We really should wait a couple of years. The Barefoot Princess is already in awe of horses and we would like to encourage this fascination. Someone very wise once told me, "Every little girl should have a horse because it keeps them innocent longer." Someday The Barefoot Family will find their horse, until then our good friend is still scouting for the perfect fit!!!