Belle and her horse

**I need to get a picture of Belle and her horse to go along with this post. Maybe I'll work on that. **

No, we didn't get Belle a horse. If we did, we'd surely be the best parents EVER. Nope Belle read the book "Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse" about a year ago. It's all about a girl who wants a horse for her birthday and does everything to prepare. The party comes and her dad gets her a bike. She ends up pretending the bike is a horse and they ride off into the sunset.

Ever since then Belle's bike has been her horse. It's name has changed several times. From Star to it's current name Spirit (after She-ra's horse, I believe), and probably a million in between. She'll pull her horse out of the stable (the garage) and talk to it as she rides. It's cute.

Yesterday we took off the training wheels. She's awfully excited to ride like a big girl. And Belle is doing great as long as she doesn't put too much thought into it. She rode about 20 or so feet today without me holding on. But before she even got started she gave her horse a pep talk. I couldn't understand what she was saying exactly, she was whipsering to her "horse". Then every time Belle would make an attempt at riding she'd repeat to herself "I believe in myself, I believe in myself" over and over. She's so funny!!

Maybe I'll be able to post some video soon of my big girl riding without training wheels.

In Ethan news, his legs have finally grown long enough for him to really be able to pedal his trike. So he's off and running as well.