redmone
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone ***waves from chocolate stuffed face***!!!
Well I've been a VERY brave mummy this weekend, and I thought I'd come on here and brag about it!
Daughter LOVES hacking out on Dolly (and Dolly is a very good pony for hacking, she's as good as gold and will go front, back and be very unspooky generally) but I've always had a rule that Daughter has to have an adult with her at all times (and of course, an adult isn't always available for her to hack out with - especially in school holidays).
This has been at the cost of daughter's social life, unfortunately, as all her fellow livery friends hack out together (but are age 14+ whereas daughter is only 12) but I've stood firm, until now. One of her friends came up to me and offered to take her out yesterday with a group of them. Her friend is about 15, and a lovely sensible girl. So I put on my big girl pants, and relented.
Her friend arrived at the stables before everyone else, made sure all ponies were suitably groomed and tacked up, checked they all had hi viz and (after telling me that she had a mobile phone with her and how long they would be) off my daughter went with her 3 friends.
The weather was lovely and two hours later they all returned, big smiley faces and one VERY happy daughter. Her friend says they're now "hacking buddies" and she'll take her out with them whenever daughter wants to. Daughter is chuffed to bits, as she really wants to be "with the big girls" but sometimes feels a bit left out when she's left schooling in one of the arenas and her friends are off hacking together.
They even took a photo of the four of them, all lovely sensible girls with their beautiful ponies, in hiz viz, in the sunshine. What could be nicer???
So as a thankyou (and to save me going out of my mind) I mucked out all their stables whilst they were out
and left carrots by each one! I won't make a habit of that, but it was more for me than then! lol!!! 
Anyway, it got me thinking about how grown up my girl is. And I started looking at "old" photos!
Have a look at this one....
Look at the fear in daughter's eyes (and Dolly's horrible crest!)
That turned into this....
and then into this...
***sigh*** where does the time go. I don't want her to grow up, and I don't want her to get another pony. I want to freeze time right now!!! I feel an ***HELP!!! I'm thinking of buying our second pony*** thread coming on!!!
So proud of my daughter, and Dolly. What a journey we've had. Happy days.
One final photo, cause I love it....
Damn. My thread went south, from a "proud mummy" to a wahhhh "I'm scared of her growing up" thread....when did that happen????
Anyway, the chocolate's gone, but I have fizzy haribos and pink lemonade lucozade for anyone still with me here!!! And OMG if you've not tried pink lemonade lucozade, you just have to!!! Just don't send your OH out to the shop for it, as apparently it's a challenge to their masculinity!!!!
RM
Well I've been a VERY brave mummy this weekend, and I thought I'd come on here and brag about it!
Daughter LOVES hacking out on Dolly (and Dolly is a very good pony for hacking, she's as good as gold and will go front, back and be very unspooky generally) but I've always had a rule that Daughter has to have an adult with her at all times (and of course, an adult isn't always available for her to hack out with - especially in school holidays).
This has been at the cost of daughter's social life, unfortunately, as all her fellow livery friends hack out together (but are age 14+ whereas daughter is only 12) but I've stood firm, until now. One of her friends came up to me and offered to take her out yesterday with a group of them. Her friend is about 15, and a lovely sensible girl. So I put on my big girl pants, and relented.
Her friend arrived at the stables before everyone else, made sure all ponies were suitably groomed and tacked up, checked they all had hi viz and (after telling me that she had a mobile phone with her and how long they would be) off my daughter went with her 3 friends.
The weather was lovely and two hours later they all returned, big smiley faces and one VERY happy daughter. Her friend says they're now "hacking buddies" and she'll take her out with them whenever daughter wants to. Daughter is chuffed to bits, as she really wants to be "with the big girls" but sometimes feels a bit left out when she's left schooling in one of the arenas and her friends are off hacking together.
They even took a photo of the four of them, all lovely sensible girls with their beautiful ponies, in hiz viz, in the sunshine. What could be nicer???
So as a thankyou (and to save me going out of my mind) I mucked out all their stables whilst they were out
and left carrots by each one! I won't make a habit of that, but it was more for me than then! lol!!! Anyway, it got me thinking about how grown up my girl is. And I started looking at "old" photos!
Have a look at this one....
Look at the fear in daughter's eyes (and Dolly's horrible crest!)
That turned into this....
and then into this...
***sigh*** where does the time go. I don't want her to grow up, and I don't want her to get another pony. I want to freeze time right now!!! I feel an ***HELP!!! I'm thinking of buying our second pony*** thread coming on!!!
So proud of my daughter, and Dolly. What a journey we've had. Happy days.
One final photo, cause I love it....
Damn. My thread went south, from a "proud mummy" to a wahhhh "I'm scared of her growing up" thread....when did that happen????
Anyway, the chocolate's gone, but I have fizzy haribos and pink lemonade lucozade for anyone still with me here!!! And OMG if you've not tried pink lemonade lucozade, you just have to!!! Just don't send your OH out to the shop for it, as apparently it's a challenge to their masculinity!!!!
RM
