A trip to the barn

My mom has her own horse, Maya, which she boards with another horse, Sailor, and 2 burrows named Chachi and Sarah. She helps take care of them all, as the owner of the barn, Dave is in his upper 70's (I think!). She lives about a mile away so she and the kids make the trip over to feed and visit often.

This weekend we tagged along and I was so proud to see how well Chase handles the animals, feeds them and knows his way around the barn. Once my mom opened the big red doors, he marched right in saying hi to all of the animals, acting like he owned the place. Apparently this has been a progression over the last few months, with him getting more confident and comfortable around the animals...no suprise there, they are HUGE!

Both kids bee-lined for the treat bucket to get the animals a snack but Mom had Chase help feed the horses first. He went right to it, like he does this every day (Ok, so he does do this every few weekends!)

A Little help from Grandma to get the feed in Maya's bucketSay hi to Chachi and Sarah...they liked the camera :o)


Addy liked petting Sarah, the smaller of the two burrows...they have alot in common, you know...being little and all

Here's my big boy helping Mom brush Sailor and Maya (they have their "sunglasses" on to help keep the bugs out of their eyes and ears) Sailor is the one closest, Maya is the smaller one behind my Mom)

I have to add the next 2 pictures, Addy was so cute...she was trying to feed a snack to one of the animals...look at her squatting offering out the treat:

And then see how far away she was...it was hilarious. So sweet!