Happiest girl in the world!

Look who has come to live with our sheep! She's a miniature horse named Darlin', she is from Grey Fox Farm and she's the sweetest little mare I've ever met. She happily follows Kaia around the yard on "tours" and doesn't mind the kids being led around on her back. Rowan loves her too, and can be heard shouting "I'm a cowboy! I'm a cowboy!" as he rides.

We have her on a foster program, we're not ready for a permanent horse yet. She'll stay with us until right before her baby is due in February, then go back to the farm to have the baby. I know the kids will be sad when she leaves, but I think that will be somewhat mitigated by the promise to go see the new baby.

I'm teaching Kaia to groom and about all the parts of the horse. This is a great lesson for our home education project!