Eddie had already made plans to take Brian to a martial arts class. We had talked about enrolling Brian for awhile, but Eddie did not want a traditional karate or taekwondo class. He had recently discovered this class near our office. It was perfect, until he received his new calling as the webelos leader which meets on Wednesday evenings as well. They also have a Saturday class, which is hard because we have so much to do on Saturdays, and sometimes unavoidable conflicts.
Brian and Eddie went to check out this class, and I decided that I would take the girls to the downtown library storytime, since we would be down there anyway picking up our raw milk at the Little Rock Food Club.
After class and the library we met back at the house. I pitched my horse racing plan. Although we had so much to do around the house and the office, all work and no play sure wasn't any fun. Plus they were having .50 corn beef sandwiches and .10 drinks, we couldn't pass it up!
We headed down to Hot Springs for the 1:00pm post time. It had started raining, but we did have umbrellas. Once we made it inside and found a place to sit, the third race was about to start. We took the kids out to the edge of the track so they could see the horses up close. Eddie got some drinks, and then I went to stand in line forever for corn beef sandwiches. Of course I picked the slowest line too! We finished up with some ice cream for everyone.
By now I was interested in the horse race, and started to look at the racing guide. They had .50 trifectas. I read the names of the horses to the kids, and let them pick their favorites. Then I put together a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place horse for each person in the family. We placed our bets, and waited for the race to begin. When it ended we were so close...but it wasn't meant to be.
But now I was excited, just one more time, this was the last race. I used the same strategy, placed our bets, and waited for the race. This time, the numbers Eddie had picked won!! But there was a challenge on the field. After waiting and waiting and waiting, they made the results official. One of the horses had bumped another and it changed the standing. It was to good to be true. Eddie claims that he is not lucky, and never wins.
It was a fun family day. We ignored all of the do to list, and made time for us.
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