A great day for a party...and a pony!

Sophia has a little friend that she just adores...and this weekend was her 3rd Birthday Party!  How exciting!   She had been talking about it all week and practicing to sing "Happy Birthday"!  I didn't tell her until a few days before, but there were going to be a few surprises at the party.  They were having a petting zoo, which consisted of sheeps, goats, bunnies, a pig, guinea pig, ducks...and best of all, a PONY.  She immediately said she couldn't wait to ride the pony.  I was tempted to start taking bets as to whether or not she would actually ride it.

She was a little anxious when we all went out back to see the animals.  Her little friend showed no fear and jumped right up on "Barney" (the pony).  Pretty soon all of the children had gone on Barney.  We decided to put Demetri on and see how  he liked it.   He LOVED it and went on twice.  After that I told her that Barney was going to have to leave soon, so if she wanted to ride...this was her chance.  She quickly said "I wanna ride him now".  She got on and didn't look back....and then went a few more times!  She loved it.  She also got the gutts to go into the petting zoo area with the animals.  Baba took her, so I wasn't really close enough to see if she actually TOUCHED anything - although she will say she did!!