day with Avery

Thursday was Avery’s first hippotherapy. We are just going to call it horse back riding. I was able to pick up Thursdays for Camille so she went to school. First Avery had speech. Speech has been going better but she still really had not been talking until this week!!!!!!!!!!!! She finally talked. I was so excited to hear she finally talked to Miss Angela. Apparently she talked and talked like she had been talking all the time to her and it was all the sudden no big deal. That just made me so happy. Then off to see the horses. She first receives some therapy in the clinic and then rides the horses. The therapy didn’t go so well. She cried and cried. At first they wanted me to wait in the other room so I did. It was horrible. I could hear her crying and calling for me. So hard to just sit there and listen to your child cry for you. Then they brought me in thinking it would help. It didn’t really. She just hates doing things on the spot when people ask her too. So silly. After that we went out to the arena to ride. Her horse for the day was a little pony size horse named Mickey. He was so cute. They helped her climb on him and away they went. She rode for half an hour. She seemed to really like it. She was stone faced the whole time but that’s what she does. They walked in a big circle, stoped and stated and walked in figure 8’s. All of it works on her core strength. Afterwards it’s treat time for the horse. She was so proud to give him a treat and really was excited that she rode a horse. I think she will end up loving the whole thing. It will just take her some time to get used to it. Afterwards we went home to play outside with Jackson and Blake. We played for hours it was so pretty outside. Then off to pick Camille up. It was a big fun full day. I think I am going to really like getting some one on one time with Avery again.