November 30, 2008

• kids horseplay Sunday

  yes I know that date says Monday, but when I went to save this post, it was Sunday about 5pm local time (MST which is GMT -7) … but anyhow I digress.

  So while deciding one what to do with the family on The Husbands last weekend off before Christmas, we opted to take the monsters pony riding.  We went to this place I had seen advertised on Kijiji that is about 20 minutes from where we live.  A … rustic kind of place but well it served the purpose.  We got to feed some African sheep, see some horses, ponies, miniture horses, goats, and a calf.  We also got to feed most of the livestock some grain which was great fun for the Monsters especially Healthy Weighty Wee Man, who thought this was just the bees knees.  After we finished all that we helped brush, saddle and harness the ponies and donkey that the Monsters were going to ride.

  For the first time in any family outting I did not hear from Wee Blonde Child, “Can we go home now?”  Oldest Large Child did just a bit of just rewards when the lady who owns the farm wanted to give her an impromptu riding lesson.  Shortly before that, OLC was boasting to me that she knew all about horseback riding and was an expert at it (and this being the second time EVER in her life to be on the back of a horse and the first time didn’t count as she was only placed on her Granda Dermot’s horse who was not broken for riding, but cart pulling).  It was most hilarious for this Insane Mother of Three to see and hear OLC go trotting across the yard we were in saying, “whoa. Whoa! WHOA! WHOA!!” (talk about learning young about not being boastful!)

  And here are the proff we did this (if I can get the uploader to work for me today!)

  post edit (uploader still not co-operating …. so here is what I got so far adn more to come)

  

   

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