Wanna ride da horsie?

Andrew had a HUGE weekend. On Saturday he went to his first swimming lesson. He's going to go once a week for the next 12 weeks. Before the lesson I was prepared for some trepidation and tears from Andrew because it is a new experience filled with people he didn't know. But Andrew did great! It's a "Parent and Me" class and dad was his partner. They worked on floating on his back, jumping into the pool and going completely underwater. Andrew didn't like being on his back, but each time he quickly recovered and was ready for the next move. I don't have any pictures darn it - the kids look so cute in their little swim suits - we'll get some next weekend.

After a quick nap, we went to San Juan Capistrano to get some Pedro's Taco's for lunch (Andrew as usual just had the chips and salsa) and then we went to the petting zoo. The zoo has pony rides and we thought Andrew would love a ride on a real pony instead of the merry-go-round type. We saw a couple of cute little ponies and a horse ready for kids. We figured given Andrew's size he'd get the pony - nope, he got to ride a giant horse! Here's Andrew checking out his ride:

He doesn't look too sure about the horsie ride there and mom wasn't too sure either. I told Eric to be ready to rescue him if Andrew decided attaching himself to an animal 100 times his size wasn't a good idea. But as you can see below we've got a budding cowboy on our hands. He did great on his first horseback ride.

Here you can see how big the horse was (and how nicely his hair matches the horse's coat) :

After the ride Andrew got a new sheriff's hat:

As a parent of a two-year-old I am ready for melt downs in most situations and here were two where I expected Andrew (or any two year old) to have a tought time, but Andrew surprised me with his fearlessness this weekend.