Hello! I'm back! A part of me wishes I were still at the beach, but the other part of me was just dying to get back home to normal life. I'm just not one of those people who can be on vacation for too long. It's not normal and it makes me go a little crazy. Of course now that we are back home, I really do miss being on vacation. I was not allowed to bring my work with me for a week and a half (I did sneak online a few times on my cell, but even that irritated George) and while I was a little pouty about it, it was nice. I mean the most difficult decision I had to make was whether to go to the pool or the beach, what flavor margarita I wanted, and that's about it. That was oh-so-nice.
Anyway, we stopped in Tarpon Springs before we headed down to Indian Rocks Beach (where our condo was) to visit with our good friends, Paige and Brien. Paige and George practically grew up together and look amazingly like siblings. We had a really good time with them and I really hate that we do not live not closer to each other. They're amazing people and really mean a lot to us.
I'll post my vacation in parts since there are literally hundreds of pictures. For those of you who do not know, my daughter Summer has been fascinated by horses since she was one. Which isn't very long since she's only 2.5, but thats well over half her life, so... (rambling again, sorry). Well, Paige's half sister, Britt has her own horse that she keeps at a boarding facility (I don't know the technical terms, the horse stuff is new to me) not too far from where she lives. When I learned this, I was practically begging them to let me take Summer to see Aiden (the horse). So this begins our horse adventure. I simply wanted to expose Summer to a real horse since her idea of a horse is a one foot tall stuffed animal. Because the poor child is absolutely terrified, and I mean TERRIFIED of the smallest bugs- I did not have any idea how this was going to go.
So, we arrived to this beautiful place, I wouldn't mind living here if I were a horse. Heck I wouldn't mind living there now.
So Summer gets out of the car and is absolutely besides herself with JOY. I mean she cannot contain her excitement and is tripping over her words.
I'm fairly certain she would have run for the horse had I not stopped her.
Then Summer declares that this is a cow*. Gee, I wonder what gave her that idea?
*(I know, it seriously does look like a cow.)
Meet Aiden, the gigantonormus horse. Great. And I realize I have to say "here Summer, go right ahead and put your tiny, sweet, precious 2 year old fingers on his face, right next to his gigantic mouth that happens to be 10x bigger than your hand". Yeah, go right ahead and pet the horse, its absolutely fine! (I'm the paranoid type).
She didn't go for it. Not at all.
Now, as you can see, I have this uncanny ability to make really awkward faces when any animal gets that close to my face. I did the exact same thing last year when a ram decided to get a little too close for comfort. I cant find the picture on my hard drive, though... :( Anyway, its no surprise Summer's terrified of anything that moves. It's my fault, I've already accepted responsibility.
I never knew you could feed horses peppermint candy.
It didn't take long for her to pick up. I mean, really. Candy + Horses = Happy Summer.
Paige and Brien. They always manage to look so glamourous no matter what they're doing.
Well that concludes this part of our vacation. I hope this blog kept you as amused as it did me!
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