today is the first day.

bingo girl, that's my horse name. not my horse's name, my horse name. my 3-year-old son elijah (his horse name is "benjianna") gave it to me. we'd never pretended to be horses before today, but benjianna is grey with grey hair and bingo girl is blue (a nice pigment-dyed blue, sun faded--i got to choose my own color.) his 10-month old brother, owen, is "owenboy" and the leader of our herd. his color changes often even though he is the most even-tempered among us. today we also erupted our first homemade volcano, before we were horses. supplies: beer bottle, clay, food coloring, vinegar, dish soap, warm water and baking soda.  it was a really great day.