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Date: 29 July 2006 12:10:32
Tiddles was too busy driving go-karts to go horse riding this week.
Shame.
Not for Smudgelet, though.
As a treat, I took him to Brickfields for the afternoon -aaaaaaaahhhh, tiny shetland foals and massive Shire foals, not to mention the most adorable piglets - and then let him have his own riding lesson at Tiddles' usual time (though with a different instructor as she was off sick). I was incredibly surprised at how incredibly well he rode - I'd been convinced he wouldn't listen to the instructions and would be like a sack of potatoes in the saddle - and totally delighted that, as he later commented, he was transfixed with a smile the entire time until by the end of it his jaw hurt almost as much as his bottom!!!
Sadly the cost makes it impossible for me to afford for him to ride too, and also I'm desperate for Tiddles to be better at something than Smudgelet is and at the moment riding's the thing. But I've promised that when he turns 13 it'll be on the agenda for him, if he's still interested, and he's agreed that that's fair. Same with learning the drums. Though am I quite so happy about the latter - he's decided on the trumpet instead!