I thought Madeline was horse crazy, but her affinity for four-legged beasts is lukewarm compared to her little sister’s. We cannot get Rae get off this horse at Nana and Pop’s. At home, she runs up and down our hallway and asks to be called the Black Stallion. She also keeps asking when she can ride a pony again (she had the chance to straddle a trusty steed at a county fair earlier in the fall).
I was a horse crazy youth myself and spent a big chunk of my childhood atop a horse. I never minded mucking out stalls or smelling like hay or manure. So I keep telling (warning!) my husband this may not be just a little girl phase. The child is transfixed when in the presence of a horse – real or imaginary. Although I don’t try to encourage Rae’s zeal for horses (too much), I have to admit I’ve found myself daydreaming once or twice about taking a trail ride alongside my daughter(s).
Do you have any childhood loves that your kids appear to share?
Music – definitely music!! I have this inherent ability to memorize song words from about the first time I hear a song, and it cracks me up when my kids can do the same thing.
Jena started ballet and tap this fall. She has friends that were in it already and when she saw a picture in my recital outfit at 4 she begged to start. She also has a plastic set of golf clubs and begs to "play" with Roger.
I spent much of my childhood in a dance studio and my girls definitely show an affinity for dancing! I'm sure I have encouraged it as they have both started ballet by age 3. But they seem to be really gifted, so we'll see if their love of dancing continues! Tonight we had a mommy daughter night watching the "big girls" perform at a mission fundraiser for their dance studio :)
I also spent my childhood years in a dance studio, and am loving watching my kids fall in love with it too!