I'm a Little Rider

Jada has acquired some new riding gear recently. Our awesome neighbor gave us a little itty bitty western saddle that she used for her daughter when she was two. This of course prompted us to go out and buy more fun riding stuff. Jada picked out her first saddle pad and got her first pair of chaps. The smallest pair of half chaps (should only come up to her knees) are actually more like full chaps on her (go up her whole leg). This photo doesn't show it but she actually likes to put her feet in the stirrups which are still too long and I can't get any shorter. She loves to trot. Jeff runs next to her to make sure she doesn't bounce off (Tye as sweet as he is is still quite tall) and I lead Tye in as slow a trot as I can get the poor guy to go. Not much longer before a pony I think.

Jada's four-legged furry sibling

I have ranted many a time about how great our Flint is but I just can't help it. Jada adores him and uses him as her play buddy all the time. Here they are playing dress up. Thanks Flintie for being such a good sport and friend to Jada.

We've Got Poop

Every evening before Jada's bath we let her sit on her potty seat while I get her bath ready. She really likes it and has actually been peeing on it frequently. We get all excited and as a reward she is allowed to touch the toilet paper and then we flush it and say "Bye Bye Pee Pee". I am sure every parent has done this and was just as thrilled as we were at the bodily functions your child makes. Last night she actually started grunting and low and behold we had poop. Now we are not in full force potty training. It is only a night time thing and I figure when we really start it will make it tons easier. But we will have to fix one little dilemma. Because it is always before bath time we strip her down first. So now when you say "Do you want to go on the potty?", she runs in to get her seat and then starts to take her shirt off. I imagine her teachers one day will think it is very odd if she needs to get naked to pee.

Some Not So Good Smells

Yesterday had a bit of fun for the whole family. Jeff and I did our regular barn routine in the morning and when he went to leave he brought Flint and Parker in and left Tazer out with me (Tazer is enjoying the cooler AM temps). After riding I went in to get Jada who decided it was a good morning for poop painting again. I caught her early on in the process so it wasn't everywhere just not only in her diaper. I walked into her yelling "Poop" and knew before I saw it. After getting Jada cleaned up she went to let the dogs out of their room and was saying "Tee Tee" (what she calls Tazer). I then realized I forgot Tazer outside, which anyone who knows Tazer knows he has a lovely habit of skipping town if he can. We ran out to find him missing. We all (dogs included) jumped in the car to start our search. Jada joined in in yelling Tazer (or Tee Tee) out the windows. Tazer appeared not too long after our search began trotting down the road with black instead of white colored legs. He was covered in weeds and smelled rotten. Home we went to bathe Tazer which while I was doing Jada thought it would be great fun to jump in the mud puddles at the end of the wash rack. So after hosing off Tazer I hosed off Jada and then went in to clean and change her again. Well I now here Jada is awake and I better not stall in getting her unless I want to start my day like yesterday.

My Show Pony

These are some pictures from one of the Lee County Horse Shows of me and my superstar horse Tye (show name: Tall Dark and Handsome).  He has been jumping so well lately and really muscling up.  I am so excited seeing two years ago I didn't even know if I would ride him again.