Our great weekend started on Saturday with Cole's birthday party in Chappell Hill. His grandparents (our friend Bridget's parents) have a farm that is the best location for family gatherings. We're very happy to be included in their family for these events! The theme for Cole's party this year was cowboys, and Bridget left no detail untouched in staying with the theme. It was awesome! We got to the party a little early to do some fishing at the pond.
Hayden, who just turned 10, was our guide out to the fishing hole. This boy who was only 2 years old when we moved into our house has matured so much and was proud to drive us on the mule.
Cade's first lesson in casting!
While the patience that fishing requires was not appreciated by Cade, he did want to be just like Hayden the whole time and made sure to hold his pole however Hayden did.
After about 45 minutes, we had success! Cade and Chance caught a perch, and I'm really not sure who was more excited - dad or son.
It was touch and go for the fish for awhile after it swallowed the hook, but thankfully it sprang back to life and happily swam away.
Our next activity was horseback riding! Cole absolutely loves horses and was nice enough to share Shorty with his party guests.
We were really proud of Cade for riding by himself!
Happy 5th Birthday, Cole! We had lots of fun at your party!
On Monday morning, we got to spend some more time with horses at Zoe's horseback riding lesson. Zoe had a great lesson and Xavier sat on the horse too, but this Aunt-of-the-year failed to get any pictures of them :( The teacher was nice enough to let Cade have a turn too, even though they do not usually teach kids his age. To our amazement, Cade got right on and listened very well to Emily as she led him through a mini-lesson. She incorporated some stretching and balance activities, which Chance and I thought was great.
The family that owns the horses also owns the Museum of the American GI , so after the lesson, they opened their warehouse so we could see all the tanks and other equipment they have for the museum. It was pretty amazing, and especially nice to see all of this on Memorial Day. Most of their tanks are from World War II.
One more week until summer!!
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