Long Road Home

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August was here and with it school shopping for Alura and nursery shopping for the baby. Today Kara and Lena were in town with Alura buying all her school supplies and her uniforms. "Why do I need all this stuff?" Alura asked as they looked at the equestrian clothes and boots. "Don't you want to ride horses?" Lena asked. "Yes...but why do I need all this?" Alura asked. "It's for you to ride in, so you don't get your uniform dirty." Kara explained. "Oh...ok..." Alrua replied still sounding confused. "Come on sweetheart let's go try on some boots." Kara said. Alura sat on the stool and put on different sized boots till she found a pair that fit her properly. "Good. Now we need to get you the rest of your things." Lena added.

A few hours later they're returning home with all of Alura's things. "Did you have fun Alura?" Sam asked. "Not really...school shopping is boring." Alura grumbled. "Oh I'm sorry." Sam replied looking at Kara and Lena. "Yea, she wasn't enthusiastic about  all the shopping." Lena said with a smile. Alura walked upstairs with her shoe bags away. "I'm gonna go put these in the wash so they'll be ready when school starts." Kara added. "I'll come help you." Lena replied as she followed Kara into the laundry room.

A little while later Alura returned downstairs. "Grandma I got all my stuff for school." Alura said as she walked into the living room. "Really? That's good are you excited to start?" Eliza asked. "I am. I'll be learning how to ride horses." Alura replied with a smile. "Well that will be good!" Eliza replied with a smile. "Yea, mommy says that the students can compete in different events if we're good enough." Alura said. "Well...you will have to practice so I can come watch you in the competition." Eliza replied.