It's funny and sad at the same time. Josiah just saw me going through some pictures I want to use for this post, and now he is whining/begging to go see horses. He even brought me his shoes and is pulling on the door knob, saying, "neigh, neigh!" He is a boy obsessed!
Now I'm going to back up for a minute and go on a slight tangent. Bear with me. In August we were asked to start helping with the international service at our church. Sometimes it can feel a little awkward, as we're usually the only white people in the room. The service is comprised mostly of Kenyans, plus us, and a father-and-son team from India who run the power point. So it's been an interesting couple of months. Did I mention we're learning a little bit of Swahili?
Anyway, getting back to the horses. Last weekend, there was a get together with all the people from the international service--a good opportunity to get to know the others in the group a bit better! We met at the house of another family from our church. And guess what they had--that's right, horses! Josiah was very excited. (And the girls were too.)
I think if the horse would have let Josiah hug him, he would have.
Ashlyn loved her rides, but was very serious the whole time. This was the one and only smile I got out of her the whole time she was riding.
Josiah thought it was great to be so high up on the horse. (I thought he looked too little to be up so high on a horse.) But he held on tight, and Dakota had a hold of his leg in case he were to slide off.
He was so heartbroken when it was time for him to get off.
Emma was taught how to actually steer the horse and give commands. She loved it!
Today we made a trip to Living History Farms again. This time we went to the 1900's farm. Their horses were all lined up in the barn, eating. So they were in the perfect spot for the kids to reach and pet them. Once again, Josiah was in heaven. He had to touch each one, and got all giddy about being near them. Later on, when we had moved to another area of the farm, he got away from me and started running straight for the barn. He knew what he wanted.
We stopped to see the horses one more time before we left the farm, which only added fuel to the fire. He pointed out every picture or statue of a horse we saw for the rest of our time there.
Tonight when Dakota got home, I asked Josiah if he could tell Daddy what he saw at the farm. He started shouting, "neigh, neigh!" as he ran to the window and pointed. It was as if he was trying to say, there are horses out there somewhere and we have to go find them! Now!
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