We bought this for my horse-loving daughter's birthday. We've had a lot fun playing it.

But they changed their mind when they were greeted by our 2 very big dogs. We had just run to the store and were only gone an hour. I'm sure they didn't want to find out if our dogs were friendly or not.:)

You could call her Lily for short.:001_smile:

My horse loving daughter loved this movie. Also another one she liked was Virginia's Run.

That's pretty much what I thought.:) I told my husband that the Wal-mart one would be cheap plastic from China. Now I can tell him what you ladies recommended. We bought one from a garage sale 2 months ago for $20.00 and one of the gears was broken. So I bought a new one on line and my husband replaced it. It still didn't work so he took the top off and the gears there were broken. So we trashed it because We didn't want to invest any more money.:glare: I'm off to find some sewing machine shops.

My daughter will be 12 next week and She wants a sewing machine for her birthday. I know nothing about sewing. Tried to learn, just can't. :tongue_smilie:Anyway, what's the best for a beginner? We would like to keep it around $100.00. We were looking at the ones at Wal-Mart but I was afraid they might not hold up too well. So I would appreciate any advice. TIA

They provide all the paints, brushes, and sponges but no stencils.They also provide step by step instructions and pictures on how it should look.

We are doing Sonlight 3+4 next year so I ordered all the American History ones. They look great! They even have great customer service. They accidentally shipped me two Civil War jugs instead of the sugar bowl. I called and they let us keep the extra and said they would mail the other right out. My daughter already painted the extra jug to give to her best friend. She is really looking forward to doing the projects.

Ours has been in the closet for about 9 months now. I guess I need to check on it.:tongue_smilie:

She has wanted to be a vet since she was about 3 or 4. She use to say she wanted to be a vegetarian. I would remind her she didn't like vegetables and she would say no animal dr. She actually wants to be a horse vet. I wonder why.;)

Several years ago I bought from someone who posted often on the old boards. I figured since she posted often she should be o.k. I did not receive my item and her e-mail address had changed. Since she still posted I asked her about it and she gave me her "new e-mail address." Well that was fake too and she then dropped off the boards. It wasn't till much later everyone discovered who she was. Yes, I'm talking about Tara in GA. My point is that just because someone posts here a lot doesn't mean they are safe. What I'm saying is you can get a false sense of security thinking someone is known here. I still buy from people but I no longer buy from anyone who does not take paypal because of her. I am one of those who don't post on here often but I have an excellent feedback on ebay. I didn't want to offend anyone just wanted to give you a heads up.:001_smile:

She owns Red Fox Stables in Lithia. She's been around a long time. My daughter's 1st instructor used to work with her.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. You have given a lot to think about. My daughter processes things by talking about them so we will be having lots of conversations. When she was first learning to jump she fell off the horse but luckily it was a small pony and she didn't have far to fall. It took her a long time to want to jump again. She's only been riding this horse and taking from this instructor for 6 weeks and I can see now that it wasn't long enough. Her instructor had had other children ride this horse on the trail and thought my daughter was ready. She did say later he hadn't been out in a while. :glare:My daughter said they did practice the one rein stop but obviously not enough. We had to switch instructors because the horse her instructor was using was sold and she didn't have a horse of her own. She's the one that recommended this lady. MY daughter said she actually kind of liked going that fast and wasn't afraid of falling off. She was afraid because she didn't have control and thought he might trip or something like that. Most horse people cannot stay away from horses, despite our fears No kidding.:D Although she's very sore today she is already talking about riding again and asked me if she should ride Bandit again. She doesn't really want to right now and I can't blame her. I told her we would put her on a different horse first and go from there. I also told her if she ever rode him again it would be on a lunge line and in a small pen where he wouldn't have an opportunity to bolt. I'd so rather see you with an instructor who has the one-rein stop built into her lesson program This will happen from now on. I'm sure she will start where my daughter is comfortable and let her work at her own pace. We will only be doing what she is comfortable doing. I think part of the problem is that when my daughter rides she looks like she was born riding and you forget that she's only been on a horse about 60 times. I also think my daughter was getting a little over confident in her riding abilities. Yesterday was definitely a reality check.

My 11yodd has been taking horseback riding lesson for a year now. She rides English and can canter and jump. She's actually pretty good. The two instructors she's had say she is a natural rider. Even though she's 11 she is tiny. She is 4'6" and weighs about 60lbs. So as you can see she is little for her age. The horse she rides is 14.? hands. She's been riding him or about two months and doing great. Till today she has ridden in a very controlled environment. O.K. that's the background. Here's the story. Today her instructor took her for a trail ride. Thank goodness she put her in a western saddle and not an English. Any way, about 5 minutes into the ride my daughter is back at the barn. The horse had bolted and ran back to the barn. The horse was going so fast her instructor couldn't even catch him on her horse. My daughter was terrified and crying to say the least. Her instructor told her she did a great job staying on and that she needed to turn his head to make him stop. We got her back on the horse and her instructor took her out to their front field to practice turning his head and to learn to control him. Needless to say he did it again. This time I saw him. My.heart.stopped. He was running so fast I thought he was going to crash into the fence. He stopped. She jumped off and said she was never riding again. Her instructor was telling her to grab the reins almost by his ear. But to not lean forward. I gently pointed out to her that her arms were too short and she couldn't reach that far. She said she didn't think of that. :glare: She then got on him and he tried the same thing with her. Now this horse has never done this before and she couldn't understand why he was behaving this way. This is the horse she uses for beginners and is a real confidence builder. My daughter has never had trouble before even when jumping. Sorry this got long. Now for my questions: 1. Would you let your daughter back on this horse? Of course not on the trail but anywhere? 2. Do you think she is big enough or strong enough to stop the horse from running away? Her instructor seemed to think she could have stopped him before he started because he starts slow. But isn't she a bit young? Next time she said she would put a knot in the rope so she would know where to grab. I know she will work with her and won't do anything to put her in danger. She is really a good instructor and I trust her. I think because my daughter looks so natural on a horse we forget how inexperienced she really is. She did say when he was running and she saw the barn and knew he would stop that it was "kind of fun" But the "not" being in control was what was terrifying. 3. How long should I wait to encourage her to get back on? Maybe a different horse. This child eats, sleeps, and breathes horses so I don't want this to ruin it for her. If you made it this far :001_smile: thanks and any advice would be appreciated. Jackie