Designer Horses: Kyla Meets Jimmy Choo

Today a friend and coworker of mine brought her 4 year old daughter Kyla out to meet Jimmy. Kyla sees horses from the car window and always says "Mommy!!! Mommy!!! Horses!!!" so Amie thought it would be a great activity for her and Kyla to get to do. She asked me and of course I said yes.

Jimmy hasn't had a ton of exposure to children, but every time he has had children around, he's always been just like a puppy - very in-their-face "I love you I love you I love you" type. Today was no different :-) He was a perfect, wonderful gentleman and took very good care to be nothing but on his best behavior around Kyla. He kept reaching out to give her a nuzzle, and he wrapped his neck around her to give her a hug. He let her brush, hug, kiss, and even feed him a cookie and not as much as a single tooth or tail hair was laid on Kyla the whole time.

Once she was comfortable around him, she wanted to ride, so Amie strapped Kyla's helmet on and while I got the camera ready, Jimmy stood for Kyla to sit up on his bare back. He had to have known she was up there because he stood STOCK.STILL. I asked her (after snapping 10 or so photos) if she wanted to walk and she said yes, so while her mom was holding her upright, I asked Jimmy to slowly walk forward. Not only do I love this horse because he takes care of me, but my goodness gracious does he take good care of everyone up there. My heart swelled as Jimmy very carefully took 5 slow-motion steps forward and stopped again, stood posing with his ears forward, and waited for us to take a few more photos before Kyla was helped down. I love my horse beyond words. Here are some photos of our wonderful day with Kyla (Courtesy of Amie's camera!)