Derby Day

We were in Ohio for Derby Day this year.  We didn’t have Derby Pie, Mint Juleps or Burgoo.  We didn’t go to Churchill Downs or any horse track to place bets for that matter.  But we did have a lot of fun.  We had snack dinner night, which is a huge favorite for the kids.  We had taquitos, poutine poopers, pizza, cheese, pepperoni, cheese and pickles, and popcorn.  And the kids has Sprite, which was a huge treat since we rarely all them to have soft drinks.  Pat and I enjoyed highballs.  If we couldn’t have mint juleps, at least we could have Kentucky bourbon!

I made up a chart with all of the Derby Race horses and got some coins.  Mitch was pennies, Evelyn was nickels (and a few British coins from my travels), Pat was dimes and I was quarters.  We had 5 coins each and we took turns placing them on the horse that we wanted until the chart was full.  Kinda silly, but then we all had a 5 horses to cheer for so that made it more fun!  In case you are wondering, we did have our favorites.  Pat’s was Magnum Moon, mine was Vino Rosso, Evie’s was Noble Indy and Mitch’s was Combatant.

 We donned our Derby Hats 🎩.  We watched the horses walk into the track.  We cheered and screamed and jumped up and down during the race.  It was fun!