Todd and Lindsey Schlensker Family: Horses

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Virginia Trip - Day 3

Day 3 was much of the same - horses, swim, and lots of cousin time.

Brooklyn reading to her cousins

Brooklyn with less assistance

Kid is cute, man

A natural

We've expanded past Chief

Back in the pool

The darkest and the lightest?

Slide time

I've always told her it was fun!

It was pretty hot

Look at her go!

I'm not sure who she's talking to

Grateful for swim lessons

Well...I'm just not sure what is wrong

Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles!

Everyone, after not a great night sleep, was up early. The girls rode horses in the outdoor arena. I forgot to pack diapers so I was off to buy some after I went on a very hot run. After lunch it was swim time and then a little sing time after dinner.

Ridin' Chief

We got additional walkers this year

It seems as if Chief is the horse of choice

Thanks to Brady for the many laps he led

Cute girl

Here we go, Brook!

With a little assistance

AND she gets to hold Logan's hand? What a great time for Brooklyn!

Another round with Chief

Well, it's hard to argue that we have the cool kid in the group

Ashley getting her first swim in

Look at Mae go!

Anna swam Everywhere, but she took the time to pose for pictures

Mae? Anna? Where's the adult to which you're attached to at the hip?

Swim lessons paying for themselves

Brooklyn is a good time for all

The Shed

Talent

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

2015 Farm Trip - Day 5

Horses, pool, and bull. Anna went on the bull if I went on with her. Mae went on only if it didn't move. Uncle Scott made it move for a few seconds - and she lost her mind. You'll see a picture of Anna crying in the pool. That's because she went under the water again like the day before. I was catching her at the bottom of the now WATER slide (not the dry slide like the day before). I got distracted when I felt something at the bottom of the pool and then pulled up a lizard carcass or something. I didn't realize Anna was already coming down the slide and there wasn't anyone paying attention to catch her. She came up coughing though and not not-breathing. Two days in a row - dang! She did go down on the slide again after that though. =)

You can go just about anywhere when you're little

Atta way Ann!

Happy happy kid

Brooklyn finally got some pool time

Sorry Curly!!! You should have seen that nasty lizard though!

At least it didn't totally ruin her

Pool time

Aunt Laurie taking the B'ster down the slide

After 3 days and a lot of persuasion, promised ice cream was finally the winner to get Mae to go down her one and only time - thanks, Aunt Laurie!

In a random act of randomness - the other side (thank goodness) of the glass window just shattered

Lovin' the non-moving bull!

Not so much lovin' the moving bull

2015 Farm Trip - Day 4

More horses, a wiffleball game, pool/lake and s'mores at night. Brooklyn cried so hard at naptime that she puked - not sure what that was about. So tired she didn't want to sleep? A scary Anna story - took Mae to the pool, then to the lake, on the way back Lindsey had brought Anna to the pool so when everyone left I stayed with Anna. It was just her and I and I had been wanting to get her to go down the slide but she didn't want to. With the water now off, I put her on the bottom of the slide. I kept doing that and then pushing her further and further up. The slide was dry so she was able to walk up further and further until eventually she was going from the top. She then wanted to slide down from the top by walking up the steps to get to the top - which she did. She then wanted to climb out of the pool on the rocks to get to the steps - which she did. She then wanted to climb out of the pool on the rocks without any assistance - which she almost did. She told me to back away and so I pushed off the rocks and went floating on my back. She then slipped and went face first into the water. She just laid in the water with her face fully immersed and made no attempt to come out of the water (which I'm told is a normal thing with young kids). I bolted back over there, pulled out a non-breathing Anna, and I gave her back blows until she started coughing. WHEW! She was all done with the slide (and the pool) for the day. =)