Pony Camp!
It’s a little quiet at home right now. LR is away at horse riding camp and the normal level of intensity at our place has dropped a bit – although only a little bit, the RJ reality distortion field is still fully operational.
Pony camp is an amazing place — I get all fluttery just thinking about it — a magical land where you spend all day riding horses, cleaning and scrubbing horses, feeding horses, and (be still my beating heart) shoveling horse manure and cleaning out stalls. Mom insists that this is little girl heaven, but I’m not totally convinced.
For the first time in her life, she has ‘her own’ mobile phone with her (it’s a spare that we’ve borrowed from Poppa for the week). We told her it’s just for emergencies or if something goes wrong and she needs to talk to us. After giving her one or two instructions on how to use it, we carefully put it in her backpack and waved goodbye.
Five hours later, while deep in the middle of one of my projects, I was interrupted by an unexpected phone call… from LR and a room full of 7 year old girls suffering some kind of ‘emergency’ involving a large amount of giggling. Apparently, she had to test to see if the phone was still working properly…
Regardless, I’m looking forward to having her back when she gets home… as long as she leaves her boots outside.
Just before she left, she drew this on the fridge for us.

![<a href="http://tobob.com/201201/december-2011-photo-wrap-up/">December 2011, Photo Wrap-Up</a> - With a huge overseas vacation looming, the first half of December was filled with the last days of the school year, some early Christmas celebrations... and a lot of silly hats.
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... December 2011, Photo Wrap-Up](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/wpid5719-MG_9527-450x300.jpg)
![<a href="http://tobob.com/201203/diving-in-with-both-feet/">Diving in with both feet</a> - Last weekend, LR competed in a diving competition. She was a bit worried because last time around, she didn't do as well as she wanted to... This time was different...
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... Diving in with both feet](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/wpid6050-MG_7852-450x300.jpg)
![<a href="http://tobob.com/200912/live-in-concert/">Live, in concert</a> - LR had her first piano recital on the weekend. She was incredibly nervous and needed a little extra time to get up there, but after a few other kids had their turn, she was up and did a great job.
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Read on to see a video of her perfor... Live, in concert](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/wpid1008-200911-Nov29-11-IMG_0394-450x299.jpg)
![<a href="http://tobob.com/201112/school-photos/">School photos!</a> - School photos are in!
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On Sunday, Grammy and Poppa took us to go and see the broadway show Wicked! We had been listening to the soundtrack during the week before and we even had a movie night on Saturday and watched the original Wizard of Oz. When the day fin... Totally Wicked](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/wpid4541-MG_1849-360x450.jpg)
![<a href="http://tobob.com/201106/we-love-our-teachers/">We love our teachers</a> - [/caption]
A couple of weeks ago, LR's teacher gave the class an assignment. Cook some food and document the procedure, including ingredients and all the steps required to make it. LR took this on board, and then (in her usual manner) decided to k... We love our teachers](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/wpid4374-MG_0312-300x450.jpg)
![<a href="http://tobob.com/201111/art-time/">Art time!</a> - Here are some random drawings and pictures that have shown up lately.
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Mouse Avenger is an original series that RJ has been creating. Each has a detailed, full-colour front cover with a series of black and white drawings inside. Most ... Art time!](http://tobob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/20111130-090218-295x450.jpg)