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Babes in Pony Land
Today, Annie had a little friend over to play. Being an only child she’s normally trying to drag me into all her adventures… “Here, you be Baby Eeyore…” “Um, hello!” And on we go. It is pretty hard to do much of anything when being constantly involved in play time so though she gets to visit her Nana and Papa, and her “All My Friends” (four girls from 3-9), it is nice to have a little change and invite a friend over.
And because things seemed extra special, I brought out a box that has been buried in my parent’s attic for ages. Filled with old My Little Ponies from the 80’s – Back when they were normal looking. These two girls thought they had arrived. Of course I had a lot of accessories to go with them.
There’s a snow suit, a clown suit and a couple dresses for the baby Ponies. Dresses, shoes, hats and a saddle for the adults – oh, and a crown too.
I even go as far as having a high chair with a bottle.
They took turns feeding the babies complete with suckling noises.
Watching their little hands try and dress and accessorize their ponies was pretty entertaining. Of course I got dragged in to that for a while… “Mom, I can’t do it!”
They were charmed for hours, which made for some fun observing time for me.
I am so thankful that I kept all my old Ponies. Look at how charmingly beautiful they were back then… Now (see freak on the lower right with the yellow ‘bangs’) they’re weird looking, not innocent or cute but sassy and strange. Their little bodies have a Barbie-doll curve to them, along with their legs being shapely, their heads are huge and their eyes are about to pop! What’s wrong with things looking nice instead of bratty?
I did notice that the girls like playing with the older fashioned ones instead of the new one… And of course, Jessie is there, breaking them out of jail or something.
Pretty soon all the Ponies had “flying powers” and they took off.
And then crash landing…
…And taking off again. All of which made for nice naps. A plus for me!
Building Castles
The sun has been coming out the last couple of days in the afternoon and finally today, Annie and I were able to take a little walk around the property.
Our little valley in the mountains tends to get socked in with fog and low lying clouds because there is so much dampness and of course the river and lakes help out too. It really affects some people’s attitudes and when the sun comes out we like to take advantage of the warmth!
Hank always enjoys our walks and as we’re learning about acorns and small items we find on the trail, he’ll lay down and wait until we’re ready to go again. Of course, once I snap a photo of him, Annie wants her picture taken too… Here she is running to pose with Hank. Cropped, this would be a nice one of Hank but I wanted to leave her in the picture to show you just how fast my trigger finger has to be!
Then Annie mauls him and puts her stuffed black puppy in for a photo too.
It’s always fun to see all the little items we find, Annie found these herself, growing on the side of an oak tree which quickly became her castle.
It sits on the side of a hill over looking our meadow behind the house. I told her she can peek out and watch for bad guys but she wanted to be the lady at the “milk store” (Starbucks) and I was supposed to get in line for a coffee. She really does like to serve… But if that were me as a kid, there’d be bad guys.
Good ol’ Harry likes to come along too, he follows everywhere we go. Here he is showing off in our castle.
So Annie had to show off too.
On our way back around toward the end of our loop I found the Dudes sun bathing… See everyone enjoys it when the clouds depart.
So we all spent some time soaking up the sun and watching Annie “build a castle” with dirt piled up on her pony. I’m not so sure she gets the concept of castles yet, but that’s okay.
She made sure that I was going to post these photos on the blog so she could hear how everyone liked her castle – So do you like it? Didn’t she do a good job? 
Raider and I had some bonding time on either side of the fence too and he even let me scratch his chin. He’s much too friendly for my taste, I’m very cautious with him and even have dubbed him “Hubby’s Sheep.” But out of breeding season, he doesn’t try to pull anything too scary… He’s just too friendly.
But he has some pretty fleece!
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