This morning we took the kids for a fall walk to see the horses.
The last time I did this, Maddie was not such a fan. She got a little spooked by the horse's forwardness. Grandma Cathie is in town, so I figured one of us could hold her and 'protect' her while the other helped Eli to pet the horse(s), as that's his main focus. The weather was gorgeous, and so was the walk. As soon as we finished, Eli ran down the long dirt driveway to find the horses. He got a little sidetracked when he heard a tractor. We looked through the fence to see the grounds' owner on a fertilizing tractor. Eli could have watched him all day. When we finally did find horses, they were off in the back of the field, grazing. From past experience, I knew it would only take a few minutes of standing at the fence for the horses to come say 'hi'. Sure enough, three minutes after Eli stuck his head through the opening in the fence, two white horses moseyed on over!
Maddux has really started to enjoy dogs and other large animals, so I had hope she'd be friendly with the horses today and I was right. Although she requested holding a hand, or being held, she definitely had an interest in seeing the horses up close. She even put out her hand to pet them a few times! Eli loved petting them, of course, and he wanted to find more horses. Unfortunately for him, the only other horses we saw were too far out in the field to notice us. But he got plenty of horse petting in with the two willing subjects at the fence.
This morning we took the kids for a fall walk to see the horses. The last time I did this, Maddie was not such a fan. She got a little spooked by the horse's forwardness. Grandma Cathie is in town, so I figured one of us could hold her and 'protect' her while the other helped Eli to pet the horse(s), as that's his main focus. The weather was gorgeous, and so was the walk. As soon as we finished, Eli ran down the long dirt driveway to find the horses. He got a little sidetracked when he heard a tractor. We looked through the fence to see the grounds' owner on a fertilizing tractor. Eli could have watched him all day. When we finally did find horses, they were off in the back of the field, grazing. From past experience, I knew it would only take a few minutes of standing at the fence for the horses to come say 'hi'. Sure enough, three minutes after Eli stuck his head through the opening in the fence, two white horses moseyed on over! 
Maddux has really started to enjoy dogs and other large animals, so I had hope she'd be friendly with the horses today and I was right. Although she requested holding a hand, or being held, she definitely had an interest in seeing the horses up close. She even put out her hand to pet them a few times! Eli loved petting them, of course, and he wanted to find more horses. Unfortunately for him, the only other horses we saw were too far out in the field to notice us. But he got plenty of horse petting in with the two willing subjects at the fence.
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