Paige had another fun horseback riding class. After we brushed about five pounds of hair off of Calliope she saddled up and put her through the paces.

You can see here that Paige had Calliope in a pretty good trot. Miss. Ginnette was very pleased with how straight Paige was sitting in the saddle and how she was keeping her hands low and together on the reins. She told Paige that she will have her canter next week.

The canter is a controlled, three-beat gait performed by a horse. It is a natural gait possessed by all horses, faster than most horses' trot but slower than the gallop, and is used by all riders. The speed of the canter varies between 16-27 km/h (10-17 mph), depending on the length of the stride of the horse. A variation of the canter, seen in western riding, is called a lope, and generally is quite slow, no more than 13-19 km/h (8-12 mph).

While Paige was riding I thought it would be fun to take a few self portraits with Megan.

Of course you have to take a few of theses to get...one of these.

Then just for fun I decided "if I can't beat her I might as well join her"!
I don't want her growing up thinking I never played with her.