Sitting pretty. Look at how well she holds her reins. She is holding split reins with no knot tied in them.

Going out for a ride.

Lead the Way...

Charleigh really wanted to lead either Pancho or Scooter since we were bringing them both up to the barn. I decided that it would be alright for her to lead Pancho, if I was close by. It was way more difficult than I expected, not to mention SLOW. It was more like Pancho was just happening to wander in our general direction. He would begin to wander or stop and Charleigh would say "PLEEEAAASSEE" like would "you please just follow me". Then next thing you know Pancho had a spurt of energy and he would be passing Charleigh which didn't take much. Between Charleigh and Pancho, Scooter just about fell asleep waiting for them to catch up. His slowest speed still wasn't slow enough.

She looks like she is all business.

Holding on with two hands/playing with Panchos mane, to her it was the same thing.

This is another one of her smooth moves that she thinks she is allowed to do when she is riding, again I have to remind her 30 times to hold on with 2 hands.On average I must say this every 3.5 seconds

Riding Pancho Bareback

I tried for a while to let Charleigh lead Pancho while I lead Scooter, which didn't go so well. I was a nervous wreck, worried that she was going to get stepped on or drug around and she DID NOT want me to help her lead. So I let her get on and ride bareback for the first time(by herself) with out a spotter walking by us. She did pretty good, she kept saying wee-haw and taking her hat off and waving it and I would have to remind her to hang on with 2 hands.

Pancho and Charleigh

This picture shows just what a fur ball Pancho is.

A Warm day In February

There was a day in February were the temp reached 70 degrees, we of course spent all day outside. Charleigh rode Scooter and her pony Pancho.
Calling for the horses. She pretends to whistle and pats on her thighs and says C'MON!!! C'MON!!!
Getting into the truck to go look for the horses.

Welcome Back to the USA- PaPa

Dad has been in Germany for the last week,but has still managed to call his girls. And let me tell you it is difficult to get Charleigh to hang up the phone when he is talking. She sometimes won't even talk, she will just smile and hold the phone real close to her face and listen.

All in a busy day

Eating rasins like a celebrity.
This is first thing in the morning, hair still a mess, mom still half asleep until I see her doing this. She put her cowgirl belt on and her poo ears and danced around the house singing "winnie the poo....winnie the poo."

Hanging on for Dear life....

She isn't big enough for her little legs to touch the ground so when she gets on this toys it is like watching those monkies that ride on the dogs at the rodeo. It always makes us all laugh. Charleigh just rolls around all over the place.

Hanging out with Grandma.

This is a bouncy ball that has a horse covering it. My mom says it just looks like the horse has a tumor. Charleigh has to put on her hat to ride on any horse. She also likes to put her hat on anyone else around her.

Hanging out with Grandpa.

Ben and I both had to work one Saturday so my Mom and Dad watched Charleigh. It was also Kyren's Birthday weekend so they also had Clementine. Charleigh loves to play with her baby cousin like she is her Momma.