Peanut finally got her wish! She has been asking for horseback riding lessons for years! I finally found a place where she could do it, although it's a bit of a drive so I only agreed to every other week. She was SO excited for her first lesson! We found her some real cowgirl boots at a consignment store so she was ready to go!
She was introduced to Luna and her teacher taught her all about how to care for a horse, brushing them out, cleaning their hooves, saddling them, ect.
The little ones got to pet the horses too. :)
She chose this saddle blanket from a myriad of options.
Luna is such a sweet horse!
Lou was filthy within minutes of being in the barn. :P
All mounted up and ready to go!
She did a great job and had fairly good command of the horse for her first time! They played Red Light Green Light to practice stopping and starting. The only thing she had a hard time with was getting Luna to break into a trot. She rides with another homeschool girl, J.
The little ones found a practice calf and spent almost the whole hour playing with it. Haha.
Future rodeo queen? :)
The next lesson she rode a horse named Jett.
I have to watch Lou carefully because she has zero fear of these big guys. She has tried more than once to dart underneath them or behind them before I snatched her back. They are all super gentle and very used to kids, but I'm sure they have their limits for patience with small loud children. :P We are working on being calm and quiet around them.
This is their newest horse. Lou got to feed it some hay.
I'm really impressed with how well Peanut is doing so quickly!
She was able to get Jett into a trot.
When I asked her what she thought of her first lesson she said, "It was even better than I ever dreamed it would be!" I'm so happy she has this opportunity and is loving it so much!
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