Lunch Art

Some parents say, "Don't play with your food." Well I didn't say it today. Kit made a picture out of her trail mix and sub sandwich.

Horses Day 3

Kit had her third day of lessons. She did very well. The day before she received a new pair of breaches in the mail from her grandmother. She was very excited. When she put them on she thought they were comfortable, but she was not used to the seam in the seat. Her instructor has been helping her with trotting and getting comfortable in the saddle. In this lesson she introduced the idea of cantering.  Kit didn't know what the horse would look like in a canter. Instead of having Kit canter she lunged the horse to a canter. I like that the instructor is watching to see that she is gripping with her legs enough to go to the next step and that she introduced the idea to Kit before so the idea will sink in.

Making Movies

Kit had her second day of lessons and I am trying my had at IMovie. Here it is.

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Race Day

This is the second annual United Way race that Kit took part in. She was not sure that she wanted to be a part of it this year. Last year she trained for the race this year she got on the home elliptical machine a about once a week. She didn't feel ready. Sunday she told her best friend (Miss. Ripstick) that she was not going to do it. At that time she found out that her friend was only going to join the race if Kit raced. Monday morning Kit jumped on the elliptical and raced for a 1/2 mile and discovered that it was not that hard. She had me promptly call Miss. Ripstick and tell her she was doing the race. She then found out that Miss. Ripsitck had been training with her brother and had decided to be in the race too. 

When race day came Kit was nervous. She complained that her stomach ached and she didn't understand why. We tried to help her understand that it was normal for her to be nervous before a race. Kit ran well. She ran most of it and finished. I was able to take a picture of her crossing the finish line. I didn't expect that I would be able to see the score board timer, but I zoomed in and found that her time was 5min 37sec. She was a bit disappointed for not getting a metal, but we were very proud her for doing the race and finishing.We have decided to train before the race next year.

Horse Lessons

Today was the first day for Kit's horse riding lessons. She said that she was nervous the before we got there. Then when we drove up she saw that some things had changed and she was still nervous. After she got on the horse the nerves subsided. She remembered what she learned last year and she felt good about her lesson. I was very proud of her. She is a very cautious girl and she was trotting with her arms off the reins. Mr. Wheels fell in love with the dogs that they had there and after Kit was done with her lesson and the saddle was off Mr. Wheels was able to sit on the horse.