I always thought Hayes would prefer a ride in… say a 66 GTO convertible to… say a pony. And, I mean, how many times to you get to prove these theories? How many times can you do both in one day? Or find both in the same place? Or find a 66 GTO covertible with a child’s seat? Really, how many times?
Well, it happened. My cousin’s farm is said fantasy land. She houses horses, and her husband has a car hobby that any car guy without enough garage space would be jealous of. Yes, there was GTO with the car seat, and a pony for my cousins’ two year old. I thought for sure the car would be a hit, and the horse would be a miss.
So, I asked my cousin’s husband about the car seat in the GTO and he told me to take it for a ride. We buckled Hayes in, fired up the 360hp engine and set off. The wind blew, the car growled and Hayes said, “All done car.” I got it going again, but between the wind and the engine growl, it was obvious Hayes was unhappy.
So, car loses. Horse?
Hayes saw the first horse, and after seeing us pet it, he wanted to do the same. We then put him down on the ground and he went right over to the horse and triend to stick his hand in its mouth. We put a stop to that right quick, went on a tour of the other horse stalls and then my cousin got Tony the Pony out of his stall and put Izabele (my cousin’s kid) on back. They trotted around the indoor ring, and Hayes was instantly ready for a horse ride. “Go ride” he repeated as they trotted around the ring.
When my cousin got back to us, we put Hayes on the pony with Izabele. Hayes was fine, Isabelle, well, she wanted her pony to herself. She acquiesced, cuz she’s a great kid, and then Hayes went on a horse back ride. Big shit eating grin, ear to ear. After once around he wanted to go again.
Horse wins. Who would have thunk it?
Dr Spencer says:
August 3rd, 2006 at 5:49 pm
Wha. . . wha . . . What?!?! I totally would have thought the GTO would trump a pony. You can put me in the carseat and give me a ride and I swear I won’t ask for the pony.
GTO guy, Horse girl says:
August 3rd, 2006 at 7:37 pm
I am glad to know Hayes had such a great time at our farm. We will have to work on Izabel’s sharing skills, but remember she did share her pink barbie quad. We really enjoyed having you guys out to visit and can not wait to do it again. I want you to know not just anyone is privileged enough to drive the GTO, especially without the boss in it to be the co-pilot, not even his own wife.
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Jason says:
August 4th, 2006 at 2:55 am
“Mommas don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys …”
Sorry I couldn’t resist. I hope my son takes to horses as well as Hayes
COD says:
August 4th, 2006 at 7:04 am
It starts with a simple pony ride, and next thing you know you’ve sold the minivan for a truck to tow the horse, and are spending your weekends at horse shows.
Alice says:
August 4th, 2006 at 7:08 am
“Horse wins. Who would have thunk it?”
I would.
But then again, I adore horses, so…
;-)
Dan says:
August 5th, 2006 at 10:57 am
A horse will always win in my household, but then again my daughter has a facination with all things farmyard. To be fair there’s not much interacting you can do with a car when you’re one or two - but a horse has numerous orifices you can stick your fingers in with humorous effect.
Tin Man says:
August 11th, 2006 at 9:11 pm
Just found your blog today. Read through a lot of it and it sounds like you are doing a great job with this dad thing. Keep up the good work. The GTO will win soon enough.
Genuine says:
August 14th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Did it have a hood scoop? What color was it? Hasn’t he watched the Fast and Furious yet? What about the first Triple X?