Life has been wild around here lately.  I found out last week that I am expecting!  Baby #3!  We are all very excited, even Chloe who is not so crazy about her toddler sibling right now. So, there has been a lot of planning around here. 
I guess I was feeling a little stressed and maybe a little out of my mind, and I forced Chloe to read to me. Then she decided to read the same book to her father.  This seems like a good thing, but she is now unwilling to do anymore reading practice. Perhaps I just need to let it go for a while.  Pushing never helps. I can't believe that I keep forgetting that.
I was thinking about how  other  kids her age were finishing up first grade, probably reading pretty well, and I started to get nervous.  I guess I just wanted to get this reading thing "done" to some extent before the baby.  I need an attitude adjustment.
Chloe is on the verge on learning to canter a horse, and she will probably be jumping by the end of the summer. Maybe I should just let her focus on that right now! 
We are still exploring the Middle Ages and castles and knights and all that goes along with that...her passion for it has not yet burned out. She would really like to learn to joust, and combine her two main interests right now.  I actually found a group that does medieval equestrian practices / competitions!  It is two states away, but maybe when she is older.  I don't think they let 6-year-olds participate!
We have a couple of castles to visit here in CT, and the Renaissance Faire' is coming up this summer, so we have plenty to do.
Unfortunately, it seems we may be loosing another friend, Chloe's closest. And this feels totally out of our (my) control. I just have to believe that it is for the best and that perhaps it was not a healthy relationship for us to begin with.
We have to run to a graduation party now...my niece...I can't believe she is graduating from high school already.