Horseback Riding Lessons

Cheyenne has started babysitting for a friend of ours in exchange for horseback riding lessons.

I was afraid she was going to change her mind at the thought of giving up her Saturdays for 10 hours for anything other than cold hard cash. Its only been a couple of weeks but so far so good.

It is a lot of commitment and responsibility. So far she has been very excited. She looks forward to babysitting. The boys look forward to her coming over and the older boy has instructed her that he needs macaroni and cheese and huge M&M cookies every time she comes over.

She also looks forward to her lessons. I never imagined that riding lessons would include homework. I also never thought she would be so happy to study. She has spent several hours studying her assignment. She also has had a little bit of instruction from Dakota about tying knots, another important part.

Its good to see my girl so thrilled about something. Its also good to see her doing something that is just hers and not something she has to share with Dakota.