A couple of times a week my wife will pick up the thirteen year old for horseback riding lessons. We don’t have a good place to ride on our property so we board her horse at a family members house closer to where she lives. This makes it much more convenient for her to spend all the time she would like with her horse without feeling like she has to get us involved every time.
Fall crept into Michigan several weeks ago and these treks to watch big Sis ride are beginning to take their toll on the little kids. It turns out they aren’t too crazy about sitting outside in the weather for a couple of hours watching someone else have all the fun. Of course my wife always brings things for them to do which is really great for a good 20 minutes. The remaining 100 minutes are up for grabs.
On a recent trip my wife attempted to entertain the girls while big Sis was riding. They set off on a bit of a nature walk, cruising along the edge of the wooded property and eventually made it back around to a small pond. The four year old spied what may have been the last dandelion and quickly plucked it. Raising the dandelion to her lips she blew and the seeds floated away. My wife asked what she wished for and the four year old replied, “I wished we weren’t here”.
I guess we should feel good that she doesn’t hide her feelings.
Little kids are so blunt. If that came from anyone else it would hurt but when little kids say it you want to laugh and say “Awww”.
Should post a photo of the horse.
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It’s good that she doesn’t keep all that bottled up. Hard to argue with honesty like that.
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had to chuckle chuck!
He he sounds like mine! I wanna be on yr blogroll! xo
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@amy – I was not surprised at all to read she sounds like yours. Kids! You are now on the blogroll. An oversight I assure you.
@Tara R. – Right, it is hard to ague with which is one thing that can make it so frustrating.
@orlund – You’re absolutely right Orlund. Only kids can get away with this stuff. If you want to see pics of the horse(s) poke around my Flickr profile.
lucky they are cute eh?
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Kids sure can speak their minds when they are at that age, embarrassing as it might be for us parents at times.
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@Xbox4NappyRash – Yea, cute gets them through an awful lot these days
@Married Leos – and speak their minds they do. It has taught us to be more and more careful what we say. The most embarrassing things are those you’d rather they did not repeat.
I had to laugh! Too funny! I love the picture of the leaves. Fall is my favorite time of year.
And then, only an hour and a half later, her wish came true. Amazing! Thanks for the great laugh, Chuck!
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They only thing left to do is to have Santa bring them all ponies. hehehehehehe
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I am with the others.. I chuckled at her wish.. I love their hard in your face honesty.. if only adults could do that..
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You have a great blog. i found you some how when i was looking for things on our sons birth defect esophageal atresia. I iwish you all the best.
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