It was Abi's 9th birthday yesterday. Her day was spent doing regular Saturday fun things including a bike ride and breakfast at her fave breakfast spot and horse riding in the afternoon. But having plenty of presents to open and a special family dinner last night certainly amped up the excitement factor for the day.
Abi's riding class went on a trail ride yesterday so we couldn't see much of the trail action. Abi rode Tinsel then had the responsibility of "un-tacking" her at the end of the ride. She removes the saddle, the blanket and the bridle and carries it all to the tack room. It's a big load for a nine year old, but she wouldn't want it any other way.
Abi explains all the steps to us .....
Abi gave Tinsel a hose down too. It was a very warm afternoon and the horses had sweated a bit under the saddle.
The good byes at the end of horse riding sessions are always lengthy. Abi's favourite pony is Pumpkin who always gets an extra long, loving pat and feed of carrots.
Back home afterwards the brand new birthday Orbeez proved a soothing balm to a tired, dusty rider.....
Until Rob started doing some mathematical calculations with her to break up the soothing zen of these weird little balls of polymer.
Abi's choice for dinner was ribs and potato mash (and coleslaw), and no cake this year. She wanted doughnuts! We were given our choice of flavours as long as we didn't pick her double chocolate mega confection.
Happy 9th birthday darling Abi - we're so lucky we could share it with you!
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