Horse Show Girl

Last Sunday was a great day for my pony girl. She got to ride in her second horse show! As expected, it was a long day. We arrived around lunch time and didn't leave until close to 6. Cakes was very patient and had quite a bit of fun just being a barn girl. And Sparks was a trooper. The little guy gets to do a lot of hanging out while his big sister does all of the fun stuff. Luckily our sweet dude is extremely patient and laid back. Although there was a lot of waiting around, it was definitely worth it, and I wasn't a crazy horse show mom this time around!

Cakes is right at home on a pony and as soon as it was her turn she was ready to perform. As I led her into the ring she said to me, "Alright mama, you can go now. I can do it on my own." Mind you, this was the leadline, a class specifically for little ones that do not yet ride independently, and my little Miss Independent wanted to do it on her own. I couldn't have expected anything different! I bet she could have, but mama's not ready to let her go yet!

She looked so cute in her show attire! There is nothing cuter than a little girl with big bows and horse show attire riding around on a super fancy small pony! How lucky we were to borrow Daz (Fort Knox) and to get the opportunity for Cakes to horse show. You don't see many 3-year olds with 2 horse shows under their belt!

Many thanks to Susan, my second mom and owner/trainer of Fiesta Farm, to Kathleen for letting us borrow Daz, and to Heidi for some of the show attire! We are so blessed to have such great and generous people in our lives!