Thank Goodness thats over....

[LittleRooketRider]

My arms and shoulders have been rendered useless from lifting various tots on to their ponies, which ok are mostly miniatures and shetlands but when you are catching them every five minutes and returning them to the saddle in hope you will be able to do so before they register that they have fallen off and therefore stemming any water works, and find yourself doing so every 5-10 minutes for 3 days........my feet have all but given up as has my brain and i think my voice is hoarse from having to remain in tiny tot, cutey-pie speak for those three days. If i had a penny for every time had dashed after a tiny tot to save it from the the pony that kicks, falling in the water-trough the oncoming tractor or their pony's sudden decision to take a serious dislike to the bending poles which they have already gone through at least ten times (i think it was a slightly different shade of yellow??? ). i've played simon says more times than i can count and i think my greatest success was teaching them that a black and white pony is called a piebald (weel some of them)....even if it took all three days and they'll forget it by tomorrow.

I am of course describing my first time teaching at mini camp, in fact my first instructors job of all and yeah i'm knackered and i got soaked and discovered however small both ponies and children can be very stubborn (if in doubt bribe them with chocolate) but i've had a ball and can't wait to teach again/next year...even if i do need the whole year to recover.

 

[D66]

black and white is piebald because the pie is burnt - they won't forget that - at least I didn't.
Well done for sticking at it, you know you enjoy it really.

 

[Fools Motto]

I LOVE teaching the tiny-ones! We all can have so much fun playing silly games!! I miss it - haven't done it for a few years now. Teaching teenagers who think they know everything, and make very little effort in interacting with you is much much harder! Well done you for doing it!