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Saturday, June 5, 2010

My Big Chicken

Rachel has been HOUNDING me to ride a horse. Every time we see horses (which in Oklahoma is A LOT) she begs to ride. She basically is all, "Mommy, you are a bad Mommy because you don't let me ride a horse. You must not love me." Well, she doesn't actually SAY that, but I know that is what she means.

So I have been looking into places to ride horses around Edmond. For the number of horses I see around, not that many places give lessons. And even LESS give lessons to 4 year olds (now I know why, more on that later). But a friend of mine knows a place, so we went today.

See how excited we are? We have out cowGIRL hat and everything. Don't call it a cowboy hat, you will get scolded. Many times. I learned the hard way.
I know she is thinking here, "Hmmm, how can I torment my mother?" Please also notice she is holding a horse in her hand. She was going to bring her Merliah Barbie, but "DUH MOM, mermaids don't ride horses." So we brought the horse toy. Because, of course the HORSE rides horses??? Don't try to reason with a 4 year old though ... you will lose. Trust me on that one.

So we make the trek out to Piedmont, OK. Never heard of it? Not shocking. It is in the middle of nowhere. We get there, Rachel is excited. We get out the car, Rachel is excited. We walk to the barn, Rachel is excited. We SEE the horse, in all it's hugeness?
And we refuse to get on.

See the lady holding the horse's reins? That is Stephanie. She tried very hard to get Rachel to brush the horse, get on the horse with her daughter ... no go. Rachel DID pet the horse, but that is it. *SIGH*

So NOW I know why most places don't give lessons until kids are 5-6 years old. Because 4 year olds are stubborn little chickens. Well, at least, MINE is!

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