Mark's Week Off Part 2

On Wednesday, A friend of my parents, Connie, called us up to invite Drew to her house to ride her horse. I couldn't let the opportunity go and I knew Drew would love it. Mark was mowing the grass, Sophia was at Mom's house so I packed up Drew and Ethan and we were off . . .

After a nice drive in the country we got there. Connie quickly got to work collecting all the gear, showing Drew their new kitten, and getting Drew to help with the grooming. Drew did really well and once again had no fear of the horse. Which is good in some regards. I asked Connie if the horse was okay with Drew walking all around him. She said yes and that "Drifter" was an excellent horse for kids. I was grateful. Later on though we found out hoe good this horse really was. First of all Drew walked under the belly of the horse, while grooming, and later on I noticed that one of the horses hooves was on top of Drew's foot! Drew was just standing there, not screaming. So obviously the horse had not put all it's weight on Drew! Now Connie really felt she could brag about the horse.

He also loves the kitten, and wanted to carry it everywhere! The kitten's name is Purplegreen. Last name, Brown. Actual color of the cat, Black!! Such an odd name, but with a story behind it. It came from someone at her sons wedding, who thought it would be neat if it were named something to do with the wedding. You guessed it, the colours were purple and green. I'm not sure where Brown comes from! After Drew had his turn on the horse, I was given a turn too! Yay! I love horses, especially watching them run fast. But when I ride, and I so seldom do, I am such a chicken. I got it to trot a bunch of times but slowed him down quite quickly each time. Maybe if I'd do it more often, I'd get used to it and be more gutsy.

While I was riding Connie took Drew and Ethan. They played in the sandbox with some cool tractor machines and played with Purplegreen some more. When we were bring the horse in I noticed Drew playing with the kitten near the horses water barrel. And soon the cat was wet!! I quickly went to check it out. Luckily her head stayed dry. Apparently Drew wanted to give her a bath! We gave Purplegreen a break after that. The rest of the time though, I couldn't believe how good the kitten was, at one time, she was actually purring in his arms and it looked like she was falling asleep!

Next Drew got to jump on their trampoline and we had some ice tea. A friend of Connie's then came to collect her horse from Connie's field. We were watching the process and then we about to leave when Connie asked if we had time for Drew to have a tractor ride? (Ride-on lawnmower) DO WE HAVE TIME FOR A TRACTOR RIDE? FOR DREW? OF COURSE!! Ethan and I chatted with her neighbours while Connie took Drew on the tractor. (She chatted a little too as Drew sat on the tractor waiting for his turn, but it soon became Drew pressing all the buttons and moving the gears!) She let him steer and everything. She said she only corrected him when he was about to run into something. He absolutely loved it! What a great day for him. And Ethan and I had fun too!






A quote from Connie: "That was so fun yesterday with Drew. He's a character - When I told Kendra that the cat got his first bath, Charlie said that he "baptized" the cat."