Dinner in Little India

Well, the drives home are as always filled with lessons and discussion. Ayla is not yet trotting on Winston, and she seemed to be making excuses about why that was, given that Colin was trotting last week, either by accident or design one will never know. After calling her out on it and telling her I thought she was making up a story, a partial truth, or what I think was a partial truth came out. I think she is a bit fearful of the whole experience but also and mostly, I think she really likes her horse and doesn't want him to be left behind if she had taken up the monitor's offer to trot on another horse. So today, we'll see what the day holds for her on another horse. Ayla and Colin are still at each other like brother and sister, so yesterday we had a rude and respect conversation and a Little Miss Bossy conversation to try to get them to at least endure each other for another few days.
We got home and went for a walk through Little India to the Lahore Tika house for dinner, which Ayla got dressed up for and she was disappointed that I did not wear my fancy shoes or a dress. She enjoyed her chicken leg with tandoori spice but the rice was a bit spicy for her, and who could not love a bit of naan with butter. We strolled back home and then watched some of the Olympics per her request. Tonight she and Erin are spending an evening together while Ralph and I go see a movie with Claire and the Gang. I think she is mostly looking forward to just watching TV and having dinner flaked out on the sofa. Angie was right, she'll be due for some TV time come September.