The Pony.

We took Madi and Alden to Apple hill a few weeks ago...For weeks before we went all Madi could talk about was riding the Pony. She talked about how she would pet him and hold on tight and say giddy-up and what not. So needless to say, after 30 minutes of standing in line at High Hill for the pony rides, giggling with anticipation as we inched closer to the front, standing at the rope as the next one to choose a pony-watching the other kids finish their ride, needless to say as i picked madi up to finally help her butt meet the saddle...she freaked. No way was she gonna ride that horse, i mean pony, And seriously, i picked the tiniest pony there was, I've seen Great Danes that are larger. She liftes her legs in the air and wrapped them around my waist as she not so quietly proclaimed NOOOOOOO! uh ha ha...i begin to sweat as my heart starts beating faster...the other parents are staring...the other kids are on their ponies ready and anxious to begin their rides. Their moms and dads have their cameras raised as they wait for my little 'princess' to decide what the heck she's gonna do...ride? or leave? So I ask her what she wants to do and she insists that she wants to ride the pony, so again i attempt to sit her on the saddle and again she freaks. You'd think i would just walk away at this point, which i was going to do, but then another little girl came in and sat on the pony and Madi stinkin lost it. 'MY PONY" she began to cry. So i told her SHHHHHHHH madi, lets wait until after this ride and then you can see if you want to go on the next one. (the pony attendant said it was ok to just stay there and try again) so we waited, the whole what, like 5 minutes until the ride was over. Again i approach microscopic pony to place the princess' butt on the saddle...and again, no joke, she loses it. So tom and i packed our sh*t and got the hell out of dodge...I know what you're all thinking. Why didn't we just leave after the first time that she refused to ride? This was what Tom proposed, and of course, he was right. Anyway, i just thought that i should give her time to ease into it...she had been talking about it for so long...she even has a little pony rocking horse at home that she loves to ride...well, the pony incident was just a pre-curser into the rest of the day unfortunately...but we still had fun and still got some great pics of our sweet little peanut, that we love soooooo much, even though she's really bossy and quirky...we wouldn't want her any other way.