Oh what fun! We had bought a new saddle so the first one who happened along was the ONLY grandboy! We had a little excitement when his hat flew off!! His hat is a size 7, need I say more...I turned around (I was hurrying to the house for the camera!!) and caught Art jumping and Angus was hanging on and Cowboy PopPop was doing some serious horse whispering!
Angus looks pretty serious. This is important and he wants to get it right and goodness, it is a long way down and this is a pretty big horse!
This is one proud PopPop! His favorite saying is, "The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man." I think one could put boy, girl, or lady too.
Art, he really is one good looking horse!
This is about the third ride. It is getting easier BUT he really would like his hat!Now it is Maggie's turn to ride and she was the one that asked Cowboy PopPop if they could ride today...
Art is not happy. He was hoping to dump one or the other of them and then he could go back to being the Alpha horse (do they call it Alpha with horses??). Anyway, he is the boss and keeps the other horses in line. He is still boss at 25 years old! Bill said with a little practice, Maggie would be a good cowgirl and be at ease horseback. It is far away to snatch her for a couple of hours here and there...dang!
By the way, Miss Who's It has been named Cleopatra, Cleo for short. The names I came up with were discarded. By the way, I did like the one you picked, Marisa, but My Cowboy wanted to pick the name. It may change before she gets to be two months old!We had some "training" going on today with the kids here! She needed to be worn out and Angus wanted to catch that "Baby" and just love on her!!
He did a pretty good job. I contemplated sending her over to their house for at least a week, but Cowboy PopPop...The finishing touch for the day for us (besides the kids being here!!) was Angus's reply to PopPop. Bill is BIG on BEEF and is always trying to get the grandies to say, "Beef, it's what's for dinner!" To top it off, he eats chicken occasionally but doesn't let many people know that! He is always saying something derogatory about chicken. SO, Angus said, "Chicken, chicken, chicken!" We wondered if he had been prompted, but Mommy assured us no! It was such a good laugh!!! Bill was flabbergasted!! As they say, out of the mouths of babes...
Kids...they make breakfast, lunch, supper interesting and entertaining. Why wasn't I writing everything down!!!?
We had so much fun!
ReplyDeleteMaggie and Angus are all cowboyed up and ready to ride again. We'll get some new boots when Mags gets her shots on Thursday, then we can cut a deal with you and PopPops for an overnight stay.
I love these pictures. Angus is so serious about cowboying, and he sure didn't want to get off old Art. Art makes me laugh, in the photos....look at his ears and his disgusted eyes....he thought he was done training kids.
Cleo probably slept pretty good, after we left, and was a little easier to get along with, hmmm? I know my babies sure slept, last night!