Horse World

So we had a little 6 year old bday party to go to this weekend and it happened to be a horse party. A little background information: where we live is horse country - A LOT of kids take riding lessons and horses are everywhere. We get to the equestrian center and CJ starts worrying he is going to fall off the horse -the other 10 kids are all arriving and I try to calm him down. As expected Casey is all about the horses and grabs a brush and starts brushing the nearest horse- 10 min later she is outfitted in a helmet and riding gear and on a horse- CJ not so much. One thing I love about our little school is that the kids in his class have such a strong sense of camaraderie- (there's only 13 of them and they have been together in most cases since they were 3)- one of his classmates grabs CJ hand and whispers in his ear some words of encouragement (I asked the little boy what he said "I told Christopher it will be okay and don't be scared I'll show you how to ride." (imagine witha cute little accent) Perfect example of how 2 kids (mine) could need such different methods of parenting -CJ's case- "Get on the Horse and Go"- Casey's Case- "Whoa horsey-slow down". Seriously- Casey is fearless- she was off and riding and she would not get off the horse until a pretty pink rosette pin was presented to her. CJ- through the tears got on the horse and had fun. The kids that are in the "horse world" are pretty amazing little riders. It was a very different "English" sort of birthday party. Now I just hope our letter to Santa from Casey does not include a request for a Horse.