Would have posted this sooner, but inclement weather postponed Liam's and Morgan's birthday trip to see - and ride - horses. Okay, "horsies."Amy is a lovely lady who owns the horse pictured here, and she very generously offered to have the twins over to see 'Sexy' and 'Junior' in living colour. Unfortunately, I don't have pictures of Junior here, but Liam and Morgan enjoyed the company of both horses, and had a chance to feed both of them after they had gone for their ride on Sexy. (Junior loved Scotch Mints, by the way. How does one get a horse started on Scotch Mints?)
Both Liam and Morgan love animals, and they also love making animal sounds. Gee. I don't know where they get THAT. :-)
(Actually, Liam and I had a blast 'Moo'ing at the cows that were grazing outside of the riding ring), and both twins love identifying animals when they see them anywhere - whether while out in the world, or on TV...so visiting with the horses was a very good thing.
Actually, more like a great thing.
At one point, when she was riding on the horse with Amy, Morgan looked down at the back of Sexy's head and exclaimed,"Run!" (No fear in the girl whatsoever.) Of course, we were in a riding ring, and there would be no galloping in their horse riding introduction, thank you. Had it been up to Morgan, they would have been galloping down the road and visiting horses at other farms.
Liam was - as usual - far more laid back about the event. He also wore a helmet that was a little too big, and the way he wore it reminded me of the way I have seen pictures of World War One soldiers wearing their helmets. Cocked to the side a bit, and displaying lots of attitude.
"Ride a horse? Sure. Done it a million times."
...As usual, I had just as much fun watching them as they had participating. Amy was a wonderful hostess. She also competes in Cutting Horse competitions. I want to to attend some of her events and cheer her on. She's a great person, and, as you may imagine a horse woman to be, she's very down-to-Earth and fun
...and every time - for a while, at least - that we put Morgan's coat on her to go out anywhere, she's going to say, "Horsies?" - hoping that the ranch is our destination. I see riding lessons in her future.
I also worked the video camera. I labeled the picture above, "Wave To Daddy"... but I suppose there's a chance Liam was actually just taking a swing at Morgan's helmet to see if it was truly protecting her. One can't be too sure.Happy birthday again, babies.
