Ren Fest and Horses

This past weekend the three of us went to the Renaissance Festival. Julia really seemed to enjoy it. She likes to people watch, so she really enjoyed it. We tried to see if she wanted a princess hat or a toy sword, but she wanted nothing to do with it.

Then she saw the giant swing! She wanted to ride it, but unfortunately, she was still a little too small for it. So she had to make do with just watching it. She stood there for 20 minutes just watching it and the kids riding it.

Then she saw the horses. She LOVED the horses. I held her up to the fence and she just stared at them saying "horses" the whole time. They were giving horse rides and Jerrod suggested that we let Julia take a ride. I thought it would not be a good idea; with her extreme fear, I did not think she would get anywhere close to a horse. After about 20 minutes of watching the horses, my arms got tired and we moved on. Julia kept talking about the "horses" and finally she drug Jerrod and I BACK to see the horses. So I finally decided to see if Julia would like a horse ride. Once we got about 5 feet from the horse her grip tightened and she buried her head in my chest. I tried to put her on the horse, but she screamed and screamed. I did not want to frighten the horses (although, they seemed to be pretty bomb proof), and did not want to traumatize Julia, so I gave up on trying to get her one the horse.

This is as close as Julia came to riding a horse that day. She thought it was great fun!

All this week we have been hearing about "horses" from Julia. I told Julia that her Uncle Bill has a horse or two and that the next time we go visit, we will go see them. As long as they don't get too close, Julia will really enjoy it.