Elle has been taking horseback riding lessons now for a little over a year...we started at a place out by I20 and moved when the instructor got a little too competitive for her...Elle is not really into anything that is scary or pushy...she is quite the nervous kiddo really, and not into being mean or competitive. Who knows who she gets that from??? But we could tell that the other instructor was not going to work and God showed us this new place right close to our house...this lady is a retired school teacher and super great with Elle. If you didn't know it, I have ridden since I was a little girl and give lessons every other weekend in Waco, but I can be a little pushy as well (I know another shocker) and Elle cannot take lessons from me...so this has been a huge blessing and at this point we are actually boarding a horse at the barn Elle takes lessons at and she and I go out and ride a few times a week together. It has been fun to get to spend time doing something that we both love, is good exercise and is hard work and teaches responsibility. Thankfully Elle just continues to fall in love with the horses more and more and continues to become a better little equestrian and just recently decided that she wants to start showing! Man, my parents are all over that..I had to tell my parents not to go out and buy a new horse trailer and all new show clothes..just to take it a few days at a time...that she might change her mind. :). But right now, she is excited and all about it. We will see--her first show is at the end of January.
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