Well, technically it's not your very first horseback ride if you count the pony ride at the petting zoo a couple years ago, but it's certainly your first on a full-size horse, and your first at Aunt Janet's (she is actually your great-aunt, but we just call her Aunt Janet anyway). You had a very nice time, seemed to really enjoy it.
First, the horses needed brushing, so we all helped with that. This also gave the horses the chance to get used to being around us. For the riding, you rode first with Janet, then by yourself while she led the horse on a line. Then mommy got a turn solo (being led on line) and then you rode again with me (again, horse being led on line). A great beginning to the first day of spring 2019!
You are still at grandma's now with daddy; mommy had to come back to do work tomorrow (and a lot of it at that!) You will be returning, along with grandma and Aunt Janet, on Friday, just in time for Karate class. Then the next day, they will go back home and you will go with just me (mommy) to Nana's house for a few days!
Another thing I want to note in this entry is that we are still having 'story time' at bedtime each night, something I love doing with you. We've always done this, but far more consistently since we switched to chapter books. We started with the Little House on the Prairie series--and finished all 9 books just recently! We are now on the 'great adapted classics' books that Lyn gave you a couple of years ago (long before you were ready for them). We have completed "A Journey to the Center of the Earth", and currently in the middle of "Heidi". As I have never read 'Heidi', you decided last night that I should bring it back home with me and wait to read more of it when you return. For bedtime with daddy these next two nights, you are going to have him read from 'Magic Kitten' (a book we got at the library).
