Happy Mother's Day!

Originally posted by Karen Duggan My husband had to work today, so I the kids and I went on an adventure. They saw the Kentucky Derby highlights last night and wanted to go to a horse race. So we did! I'd never been to one before. We drove about an hour each way to Bay Meadows, learned how to bet and all the lingo, bet on and watched two races, had lunch and came home :) It was a great Mother's Day. By the way, we picked the winner in both of our races. Bummer we only bet $2 so we got $5.60- beats the alternative :p The best part was watching the kids excitement as the horses were saddled and when the starting music started (I think it's a trumpet). A lot of fun :) The great American tradition - teach the kids to gamble on Mother's Day!!!;)

Originally posted by Karen Duggan My husband had to work today, so I the kids and I went on an adventure. They saw the Kentucky Derby highlights last night and wanted to go to a horse race. So we did! I'd never been to one before. We drove about an hour each way to Bay Meadows, learned how to bet and all the lingo, bet on and watched two races, had lunch and came home :) It was a great Mother's Day. By the way, we picked the winner in both of our races. Bummer we only bet $2 so we got $5.60- beats the alternative :p The best part was watching the kids excitement as the horses were saddled and when the starting music started (I think it's a trumpet). A lot of fun :) The great American tradition - teach the kids to gamble on Mother's Day!!!;)