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My children pray every night that God will send them a horse. I remember praying this every night when I was little too. I never did get that horse, but now that we are on 10 acres, and with the price of petrol rising every minute I can see that maybe one day we might have to!

But, until our 'ship comes in', I can't see us getting a horse in the immediate future. I've been hearing from my neighbour about the vet bills, the feed issues, not to mention the $200 dentist bill she had for her pony last week. So my children have to enjoy the neighbour's horses instead for now.

Theodore (3) has a group of girls in the street who think he is the cutest, funniest, sweetest little boy that ever lived, and the other day they stopped by to show him their horse, Rocky, and let Teddy have his first horse ride. My neighbour and friend, Kat, also had their pony, Aroha so Meredith could have a long anticipated ride as well.

Teddy was quite unsure at first when one of the girls put him up on the saddle. He was asking to get off, but his girlfriends just giggled at him and told him to hang on.

When the horse took a step, Teddy said, "ooohhh...oooohhhh", then laughed.

By the end of the short little walk on the horse, he was calling himself a 'cowboy.'

He then proceeded to make his girlfriends promise to bring the horses back, and even got them to promise to bring the horses over to his birthday party when he turns 4.... which is in December. Of course, his girlfriends agreed - even offering to give everyone a ride at the party if Theodore wants. As for me, his mother - I didn't know we were going to have a party then - hadn't decided yet - but I guess we will be now! Somehow it's very difficult to un-persuade Theodore! He now talks about phoning up 'my friends' everyday, and thanks God every night for letting him ride 'Wocky' (Rocky).