Riding Lesson with Madison

I had promised to take my granddaughter Madison over to the barn to give her a lesson on Marie. When we got ready to go, I found out that she didn't have her boots with her. She only had her sneakers with her. Nor did she have snow pants or any other warm clothing. It was cold out again today and even if it hadn't been cold you can't ride at the barn in sneakers. I talked Fred into going shopping for some boots and warm clothing for Madison that we would keep at our house. We ended up going to 5 or 6 stores before finding a boot that would be appropriate. We also bought her a set of thermal underwear and some nice warm wool socks. After shopping, we went to Friendly's for an early supper. Then we headed to the barn for a quick ride. Tracy was there tonight as she was planning to work with Prize. She had already brought the critters in. I saddled up Marie while Fred got Madison dressed in her warm clothes and new boots. Marie was very happy to see Madison as she knew it was going to be an easy ride. Louie mule was very upset that  both Marie and Prize were out of their stalls and he was being ignored. I apologized to Louie but he can't yet be trusted with precious cargo such as a 7 year old granddaughter. Tracy didn't work with Prize too long. Prize was feeling his oats tonight and with several people riding in the arena, Tracy didn't want things to get out of hand. Marie was wonderful as usual and Madison did a good job riding. Louie was much happier once everyone was back in their stalls where they belonged.