And sometimes a soft nose against a soft cheek, just says it all.....
Monday, May 23, 2011
No matter what, he loves...he forgives....he is there...always...
No matter what, he comforts....
And sometimes a soft nose against a soft cheek, just says it all.....
And sometimes a soft nose against a soft cheek, just says it all.....
Thursday, May 19, 2011
No one ever told me.....
My little guy has a friend, a little friend who is a girl.
And she came to the barn yesterday - and it was delightful. The little girl is also horse mad.
My guy was the king of the barn as far as he was concerned. Showing her around....
So sweet to watch them together.....my son is so loving and gentle. Sometimes how laid back and sweet he is bothers me.....I get concerned he will get pushed around as he gets older and goes to school.....he is not a pusher or a shover, he does not rip toys out of other kids hands......he gets very concerned when another kid hurts themselves, and hates when a baby cries.....
No one ever told me how much I would want to protect my son when I was pregnant, or how you worry yourself about how to arm him with inner strength, and self assurance.....no one told me how I would fret if another kid does not talk to him......he does not understand that at all.....
No one told me how it just tears your heart....how much you love your kids. How you would do anything for them....how they come first....how they just adore you and love you and how precious they are and how easily you can screw all this up.....how careful you have to be with these little hearts.....these little people as we shape them to get out in the world.......
And she came to the barn yesterday - and it was delightful. The little girl is also horse mad.
My guy was the king of the barn as far as he was concerned. Showing her around....
So sweet to watch them together.....my son is so loving and gentle. Sometimes how laid back and sweet he is bothers me.....I get concerned he will get pushed around as he gets older and goes to school.....he is not a pusher or a shover, he does not rip toys out of other kids hands......he gets very concerned when another kid hurts themselves, and hates when a baby cries.....
No one ever told me how much I would want to protect my son when I was pregnant, or how you worry yourself about how to arm him with inner strength, and self assurance.....no one told me how I would fret if another kid does not talk to him......he does not understand that at all.....
No one told me how it just tears your heart....how much you love your kids. How you would do anything for them....how they come first....how they just adore you and love you and how precious they are and how easily you can screw all this up.....how careful you have to be with these little hearts.....these little people as we shape them to get out in the world.......
Monday, May 16, 2011
Gosh Gosh Gosh
Where do the days go???
I have to say I am pretty impressed with how my horse is coming along. He has really settled into his new home and seems very happy and relaxed.....
We are working really really hard.....practice practice practice.....one step forward, two steps backward....but we are getting there.....
I watch my trainer and how he just sits in the saddle beautifully, even when a youngster is doing his best bucking bronco act to get him off.....he remains calm and just carries on like nothing happened.....I am sure the horse is thinking to himself "well OK then....THAT didn't work.....all that effort for nothin!!!".....
I gave my first lesson on Saturday and loved doing it. I sincerely hope that I am able to pass on some of the knowledge I have learned in the past and am learning currently and help this rider get on the road to the dressage world......it would be nice to watch her get out there and compete and be bitten by the bug....
I really hope to do more lessons, and teach more students everything I am being taught. Help them find their dressage partner...being a horse, if they don't have one.....and get out there and have a blast competing and learning.......
But today I am off to the barn to practice myself......to work on all the stuff me and my partner have to work on....to strive for that perfection that we look for each day.....the seat, the gaits, the movements.....to sweat and work our butts off....
All so that we can do the same thing again tomorrow.........
Get out there and get amongst it people....it is a beautiful day!!!!!
I have to say I am pretty impressed with how my horse is coming along. He has really settled into his new home and seems very happy and relaxed.....
We are working really really hard.....practice practice practice.....one step forward, two steps backward....but we are getting there.....
I watch my trainer and how he just sits in the saddle beautifully, even when a youngster is doing his best bucking bronco act to get him off.....he remains calm and just carries on like nothing happened.....I am sure the horse is thinking to himself "well OK then....THAT didn't work.....all that effort for nothin!!!".....
I gave my first lesson on Saturday and loved doing it. I sincerely hope that I am able to pass on some of the knowledge I have learned in the past and am learning currently and help this rider get on the road to the dressage world......it would be nice to watch her get out there and compete and be bitten by the bug....
I really hope to do more lessons, and teach more students everything I am being taught. Help them find their dressage partner...being a horse, if they don't have one.....and get out there and have a blast competing and learning.......
But today I am off to the barn to practice myself......to work on all the stuff me and my partner have to work on....to strive for that perfection that we look for each day.....the seat, the gaits, the movements.....to sweat and work our butts off....
All so that we can do the same thing again tomorrow.........
Get out there and get amongst it people....it is a beautiful day!!!!!
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Thursday already????
OK how it is possible that it is Thursday already?
Where has this week gone?
I am shocked that I have not updated my blog since Monday - seriously - this week has just flown by....
Between being at the barn and riding....and chores around the house, and Little Gym, and play dates and taking care of three little ducklings that are now in a pen in our backyard......(yes we are the hicks of the neighborhood, as my husband says).......
The week is gone....
Today is no different. Lots of running around........a new play date as well.....
One great thing this week was that my son got to pick his own egg from the chicken coup at the barn....he was so excited....
We brought it home and he helped me make it a scrambled egg for his breakfast the next day.....he ate every tiny bit of his precious egg....so cute....
It has just been a really nice week. The weather has been spectacular....riding has been fabulous.....the new barn is just awesome.....
So I had better get my butt into gear this morning too because the landscapers are coming today to start Phase 2 and then it is garbage day, and then I have a "to do " list that is as long as my arm......
So I need to down the coffee......and get out and get amongst it!!!!!!
Where has this week gone?
I am shocked that I have not updated my blog since Monday - seriously - this week has just flown by....
Between being at the barn and riding....and chores around the house, and Little Gym, and play dates and taking care of three little ducklings that are now in a pen in our backyard......(yes we are the hicks of the neighborhood, as my husband says).......
The week is gone....
Today is no different. Lots of running around........a new play date as well.....
One great thing this week was that my son got to pick his own egg from the chicken coup at the barn....he was so excited....
We brought it home and he helped me make it a scrambled egg for his breakfast the next day.....he ate every tiny bit of his precious egg....so cute....
It has just been a really nice week. The weather has been spectacular....riding has been fabulous.....the new barn is just awesome.....
So I had better get my butt into gear this morning too because the landscapers are coming today to start Phase 2 and then it is garbage day, and then I have a "to do " list that is as long as my arm......
So I need to down the coffee......and get out and get amongst it!!!!!!
Monday, May 9, 2011
Golf and Horse Shows.....
This weekend was pretty jam packed full of sports....
My hubby loves golf, so on Saturday we all went off golfing.....
My hubby plays....
My son and I drive the golf cart.....
In fact he just loves hanging out outside.....
It was a great day.....
My son holds the flag and daddy putts the ball.....
Beyond adorable how he wants to help.....
Great fun. Love it.
My hubby loves golf, so on Saturday we all went off golfing.....
My hubby plays....
My son and I drive the golf cart.....
In fact he just loves hanging out outside.....
It was a great day.....
My son holds the flag and daddy putts the ball.....
Beyond adorable how he wants to help.....
Great fun. Love it.
Then on Sunday we had the horse show......
This is the first time we have competed in 2 years. We have been completely focused on training....well re-training.....
We would have had some photos, but my poor son got himself all upset just as I entered the show ring, and my hubby was busy attending to him and could not take any photos....
My son wanted to come into the show ring too....
Too cute.
Tee was very excited and very very nervous.....so much going on, horse trailers, horses, people.....new place....so much to look at and not concentrate on his job.....
Never mind the judges booth at the end of the arena.....
He screeches to a dead stop....takes one look at the judges booth....starts trembling....heart pounding.....
Poor bloke....
But I have to say that he pulled it together....
At the end of the day we were placed 2nd with an OK score of 62%. If anyone is a horse person, or dressage person, that is 62% on our 1st Level Test 3.
I was very pleased with the way he got himself together and tried....
Not a bad effort for our first day out in two years.
Next show is on June 5th. Practice, practice, practice. I have to get him out now every month so that he gets used to the chaos of a horse show....
So he does not find it such an overwhelming event.
But yesterday he did just fine.
Well done Tee.....we are proud of you and we will get there.......there are plenty of shows to come!
Thursday, May 5, 2011
I don't like chaos in my life....
At all.
I do not like it one little bit.
I do not like having other people cause chaos in my life either....
I like my house to be orderly, my life to be orderly (well as possible with a toddler) and I like calm.....
I do not understand why when other people think it is OK to cause chaos in my life...
I do not understand how people think I will not hear about it, when they gossip and say things to fit their own agenda, which ends up hurting peoples feelings, including mine.....
Particularly when the gossip is embellished to fit their own agenda....
Women can be vicious little creatures.....
Invariably someones true colors always appear.......
And sometimes that is sad.
Thankfully I have learned to take the high road in life. And not give in to this kind of nonsense and just get on with life and ignore it.
I have found that if you address it, it just paves the road for more nonsense. More gossip and more nastiness.
So I take the high road and I ignore it.....I get on with life......
But, I do not forget it. I will always remember what was said and done.
Seriously, don't people have more constructive things to do with their time?
I do not like it one little bit.
I do not like having other people cause chaos in my life either....
I like my house to be orderly, my life to be orderly (well as possible with a toddler) and I like calm.....
I do not understand why when other people think it is OK to cause chaos in my life...
I do not understand how people think I will not hear about it, when they gossip and say things to fit their own agenda, which ends up hurting peoples feelings, including mine.....
Particularly when the gossip is embellished to fit their own agenda....
Women can be vicious little creatures.....
Invariably someones true colors always appear.......
And sometimes that is sad.
Thankfully I have learned to take the high road in life. And not give in to this kind of nonsense and just get on with life and ignore it.
I have found that if you address it, it just paves the road for more nonsense. More gossip and more nastiness.
So I take the high road and I ignore it.....I get on with life......
But, I do not forget it. I will always remember what was said and done.
Seriously, don't people have more constructive things to do with their time?
Monday, May 2, 2011
A love story......
Yesterday we went to a party at the barn....It was great fun.... My son had a particularly good time.... He fell in love.... With a horse. Now this horse is 17h high (VERY BIG).... And only 4 years old....very young... But they just seemed to enjoy each others company.... Sorry about the quality of these photos.....I snapped them with the iPhone.... While my son was not looking..... Oh and my son put the lead line on the horse....not me..... Just beautiful to watch these two.....  |
| My son and this 17 hand high horse.....my son is talking to him..... |
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| The conversation continues..... |
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| Amazing to watch really.... |
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| A great time had by both..... |
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| Who knows what they are saying??? |
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| Buts its love.... |
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| True love by both parties.... |
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| My son told me that they were "best friends forever mummy"......And I truly think they are... |
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Road Trip
Well we have a show coming up, so we are working very hard....I have to say my trainer, Gabriel, has me feeling far more confident. He took us on a road trip to the barn where he is a resident trainer on Friday, to see how Tee would go working at a new facility in different surroundings....
He was a star.....
Honestly, could not be more proud ofnhow he behaved himself. Just a really good boy.
But it also became clear to us that if we want to get to the levels we think we can compete in, then I need to be under Gabriel's watchful eye and to do that I need to be at the barn he is based at.
So we are moving. Well, Tee is moving.
I have to say I am excited for my horse....I want him to succeed....
It is my job to get him there, with training, feeding, care and attention, I have to give him all the best tools to be the best he can be.
I was talking to a lovely lady the other day who is a fellow rider, a very good rider, about a comment made to me about owning the biggest flashiest horses....I don't own the biggest flashiest horse. I own a lovely horse, yes, but he is not a huge European Warmblood....
But we both agreed, that you are far better off, becoming the rider, that no matter what horse you rode, you MADE it look like the biggest, flashiest horse.....
That is the rider I want to be....and that is what I am going to focus on....
He was a star.....
Honestly, could not be more proud ofnhow he behaved himself. Just a really good boy.
But it also became clear to us that if we want to get to the levels we think we can compete in, then I need to be under Gabriel's watchful eye and to do that I need to be at the barn he is based at.
So we are moving. Well, Tee is moving.
I have to say I am excited for my horse....I want him to succeed....
It is my job to get him there, with training, feeding, care and attention, I have to give him all the best tools to be the best he can be.
I was talking to a lovely lady the other day who is a fellow rider, a very good rider, about a comment made to me about owning the biggest flashiest horses....I don't own the biggest flashiest horse. I own a lovely horse, yes, but he is not a huge European Warmblood....
But we both agreed, that you are far better off, becoming the rider, that no matter what horse you rode, you MADE it look like the biggest, flashiest horse.....
That is the rider I want to be....and that is what I am going to focus on....
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