Melville Stables

Just down the hill from us is the Melville Stables. Matthew is a huge horse lover. Anytime he sees a horse on TV or a picture of one he giggles and points. While looking at the stables' website Matthew came running over to me, climbed on my lap and pointed at all the horse pictures. Since most of our outings are things William likes to do, or at least appreciates more, I figured it was time to do something that Matthew was interested in. So I called the stables and they said we were free to come down and walk through.
Samuel got to see everything from the Bjorn while the older two walked. There were at least 20 horses there. At first the boys didn't want to get to close, but at the end they were walking up to the gate and waving.


William called this one a "cow horse" because it "looks like a cow color."




This horse walked right up to the gate and stretched out his neck for us to rub/pet. The stable hand lady, who was clean the stall next to him said he's a big playful guy and a gentle giant.
Before we left Eric helped William and Matthew reach up to pet him.
The lady said that next time we come we can bring carrots to feed the horses. Since it's so close and free we might have to go back soon.

Has anyone else noticed that we've done a lot in just 2 weeks?! That is a good thing but I hope we don't run out of things for next month.