~Karen~
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Okay, lets try this again. The cyber monster ate my post!
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We had a great Christmas, and our gift to our children was all a girl could ever ask for, it was our daughters dream come true, and our sons too!
Our daughter, Shawntay, 6 1/2 (gotta put that 1/2 in there or she would skin me alive :lol: ) and our son, Logun, 2 1/2 (his 1/2 is because he has to be just like his sissy!
: ) Had the Christmas of their life, as you will see from an ear to ear smile that our daughter put on and slept with all night as well!
We had Christmas a day early since all the gifts pretty much evolved around the mini and she was certainly a new addition to our back yard for the holidays before going back to the pasture she came from to wait out the winter weather with a nice cozy barn and her buddy, Toby. We managed to get the kids out of the house while I spiffed her up for the big debute! I must say, she is such a tolerating, patient sweet heart, I was simply amazed. She loved the bells on her feet, but didn't want the bows... go figure :lol: She did allow me to quickly put a large bow in her tail, but I had to attach only 2 small bows on her halter since she said "no way" :no: to lining her mane with them, and I didn't have time to convince her otherwise.
When our children discovered there was something in the back yard, it was 1st thought to be a large dog, but quickly corrected themselves to "A HORSE! IT"S A HORSE!.... whyyyy is there a HORSE. in the back yaaard?" It only took 2 words "It's yours..." and they both flew out the back door(as you will see, no coat picture for a moment, lol), leaving behind their half opened presents lieing on the floor where they had been sitting. She quickly aquired the name "Princess Charlotte" Which, from here on out, she will be known as Charlotte. It is so fitting. My daughter pulled through with a very proper name for her!
That very night, we were woke up by a very cold rain, and feeling sad for Charlotte, we got up at 2 a.m. and created a make shift shelter for her. We weren't aware of, nor ready for, a rain, let alone a cold one, so after about 3 1/2 hours, she had a cozy bed, and we got to go back inside and get some rest ourselves. Charlotte was such a trooper, as we had to use our van as a "gate" for one end, and with all the unique sounds and strange structure with such peculiar odor, would have sent most any other horse into a sheer frenzy, not to mention a whole new environment ta boot. We used 2 cattle panels we had, arched them between 2 buildings, and covered it with this huge army tarp. Then, we took this huge pile of leaves that we had raked up and piled it on the ground (the ground was already covered with a couple rubber mats), so she had quite a nice bed. The next day was comical as I moved her back and forth between the fenced yard, and the shelter, dodging rain until the man came to take her back to her pasture later that morning.
By this time we had a house full of guests, including one of my grown daughters with one of her babies and her boyfriend, came all the way from Alabama! :aktion033: We all had a great time, and this will be a Christmas never forgotten.
Please forgive me for not being able to post the pictures directly from Shutterfly. I did follow the wonderful, detailed instructions, but for some reason Shutterfly didn't load them onto here. I hope that you don't mind, instead, clicking on the link to view...
So, to share a few pictures of our children meeting Charlotte for the very 1st time
Charlotte, all decked out with bells and bows, waiting...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
Ear to ear smile (even my husband, Paul!), as they meet Charlotte...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
Bonding time...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
It never dawned on me just how small Charlotte really looked until I saw this picture!
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas, and a terrific New Year!
~Karen
*EDITED* for terrible, late night spelling errors. (I probably still missed some any ways, lol)
We had a great Christmas, and our gift to our children was all a girl could ever ask for, it was our daughters dream come true, and our sons too!
Our daughter, Shawntay, 6 1/2 (gotta put that 1/2 in there or she would skin me alive :lol: ) and our son, Logun, 2 1/2 (his 1/2 is because he has to be just like his sissy!
We had Christmas a day early since all the gifts pretty much evolved around the mini and she was certainly a new addition to our back yard for the holidays before going back to the pasture she came from to wait out the winter weather with a nice cozy barn and her buddy, Toby. We managed to get the kids out of the house while I spiffed her up for the big debute! I must say, she is such a tolerating, patient sweet heart, I was simply amazed. She loved the bells on her feet, but didn't want the bows... go figure :lol: She did allow me to quickly put a large bow in her tail, but I had to attach only 2 small bows on her halter since she said "no way" :no: to lining her mane with them, and I didn't have time to convince her otherwise.
When our children discovered there was something in the back yard, it was 1st thought to be a large dog, but quickly corrected themselves to "A HORSE! IT"S A HORSE!.... whyyyy is there a HORSE. in the back yaaard?" It only took 2 words "It's yours..." and they both flew out the back door(as you will see, no coat picture for a moment, lol), leaving behind their half opened presents lieing on the floor where they had been sitting. She quickly aquired the name "Princess Charlotte" Which, from here on out, she will be known as Charlotte. It is so fitting. My daughter pulled through with a very proper name for her!
That very night, we were woke up by a very cold rain, and feeling sad for Charlotte, we got up at 2 a.m. and created a make shift shelter for her. We weren't aware of, nor ready for, a rain, let alone a cold one, so after about 3 1/2 hours, she had a cozy bed, and we got to go back inside and get some rest ourselves. Charlotte was such a trooper, as we had to use our van as a "gate" for one end, and with all the unique sounds and strange structure with such peculiar odor, would have sent most any other horse into a sheer frenzy, not to mention a whole new environment ta boot. We used 2 cattle panels we had, arched them between 2 buildings, and covered it with this huge army tarp. Then, we took this huge pile of leaves that we had raked up and piled it on the ground (the ground was already covered with a couple rubber mats), so she had quite a nice bed. The next day was comical as I moved her back and forth between the fenced yard, and the shelter, dodging rain until the man came to take her back to her pasture later that morning.
By this time we had a house full of guests, including one of my grown daughters with one of her babies and her boyfriend, came all the way from Alabama! :aktion033: We all had a great time, and this will be a Christmas never forgotten.
Please forgive me for not being able to post the pictures directly from Shutterfly. I did follow the wonderful, detailed instructions, but for some reason Shutterfly didn't load them onto here. I hope that you don't mind, instead, clicking on the link to view...
So, to share a few pictures of our children meeting Charlotte for the very 1st time
Charlotte, all decked out with bells and bows, waiting...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
Ear to ear smile (even my husband, Paul!), as they meet Charlotte...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
Bonding time...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b7df2...16108CasW7hoxbG
It never dawned on me just how small Charlotte really looked until I saw this picture!
I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas, and a terrific New Year!
~Karen
*EDITED* for terrible, late night spelling errors. (I probably still missed some any ways, lol)
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