May 29, 2010 Kendall's first official riding lesson

Kendall had her first riding lesson today, from someone other than Mommy. She loved it. Sandy said she did really well. She has very good balance, no fear of anything, was a very good listener and tried very hard to do what she instructed. She and Julia shared the lesson and had a ball together. There was one point where Sandy had stepped away from Kendall and Dancer to open the other side of the arena. When she opened the gate I don't know if it was Dancer's idea or if Kendall gave her too much encouragement to move forward but Dancer started out at a very fast walk. Sandy was telling her to pull back and ask her to stop, Kendall kept telling her she couldn't and Dancer just kept the pace. We were both behind her so I couldn't jog and catch up as it could push Dancer to move faster. I told her to shorted her reins and pull back, she did and Dancer stopped for her. She was totally fine but my heart did some flips there for a minute. She was never in any real danger but I didn't want her to fall and open up the chance of any minor injuries or fears. After that I went and sat on the other side of the barn to stay out of the way. We went for lunch after their lesson and they played at Mc D's playland for awhile. When it was time to go, the girls begged for Kendall to go back to Julia's for awhile, not ready to stop playing. When I went to pick Kendall up we stayed for dinner, everyone had a great day. It was nice day to hang out with good friends. We have made plans for this to be a regular thing. We always want to spend more time together but it just seems to go by so fast, we are hoping since it is now planned with the lessons we can make it happen more often. When we were leaving, Kendall told Julia she was the best friend ever! :o) It's really neat for my best friend's little girl to be my daughter's best friend too. We have always talked about how cool it would be for our daughters to grow up together but now it's actually coming true! :o)

Kendall taking care of Dancer, getting her cleaned up and ready for her lesson.