First day of vacation...

and I woke up at my usual 6:30 am!!! Not naturally, no, I had the alarm set and yes that was on purpose too! We had an 8:30 riding lesson and a 9:00 one too. This was the make up lesson for missing last Saturday's lesson. Both girls did well and Allie is already jumping. Caroline is still along for the ride but enjoys spending Allie's lesson time in the barn talking to the horses. I think that is her true calling. I can't keep her out of the barn. Today I went in there and she is talking to a horse and I asked if she wanted to see Allie jump. She came out for a minute and because Allie wasn't up first to jump Caroline went back in the barn. Allie called to her, "Aren't you going to watch me jump?" Caroline said, "No!" and skirted back in the barn. I had to come get her when we were ready to go.

Yesterday at the end of Horse Riding Camp the girls got to pick a "prize" from a basket when the went up to get their certificates. Caroline chose the riding crop and Allie got really mad at her because Allie wanted it. Well Caroline chose it and Allie couldn't get over her jealousy. By the time I got to mom's house to pick the girls up for speech, two hours later. Allie had convinced Caroline to trade prizes with her. But there was incentive. Allie promised Caroline that she would buy her 50 Webkinz for her birthday next year. Yes that is what the price of this $8 crop became. An average Webkinz cost between $12 and $17 each!! Yeah, do the math. That is how jealous Allie was. I put a stop to that and gave the crop back to Caroline. We go to riding this morning and Caroline uses it first for her lesson and lets Allie borrow it for her lesson. After the lesson, Allie asks if we can buy a crop for her for her lesson tomorrow. I caved and took her to the horse shop around the corner to end this argument. $15 later we now own a beautiful purple crop that will keep Allie's hands of Carolines pretty red one! That was the best $15 I have spent in a while.

This afternoon we are off to see Wall-e in the movie theatre. It is a Disney film so it should be good. Movie review to come later!