This is Em dressed
up for her Colorado History show with all the kindergartens. The costumes
belong to DPS and are loaned out to the various schools as they are needed!
Emily and Bill made her hobby horse out of--what else--an old hockey
stick. Emily named her "Lightning Rose" and made a curry comb
of her own design out of cardboard to go along with.
Here is Em during her star turn riding the pony while all the other kids
sing, "Giddyup Pony." It is an enormous cardboard contraption
that hangs from Em's shoulders from a rope harness.
Em trotted in a circle around the stage while the kids sang, then at the
end of the song, turned to face the audience and leaned back so the horse
would "rear up," then leaned forward and took a bow.
She was great!
Afterwards another mom came up to us and asked if we were the parents
of the girl who rode the horse. When I said yes, she gestured to her son
next to her and said, "He rode the horse when he was in the kindergarten
show. He was feeling a real sense of connection to your daughter!"
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