happy halloween!

Happy Halloween, everyone!! So much to write about around here (like that fix-a-test we did at the beginning of the month, whoops) and dear lord I am so behind on my reading --- will be catching up soon hopefully!

spoooooooky!!

But in the meantime -- omg it's Halloween Season!! We had so many plans lol -- such high hopes. And I may or may not have bought our costume like.... months in advance lol. 

very haunted, much hellish

Alas, Charlie has been a bit lame (hoof sore mostly, but some compensatory soreness in his back too) for the last few weeks so we've just rested + buted. So... with great sadness, we missed the last Thornridge CT of the year :'(

ignore the lack of costume --- and look who's riding with no lead line! 

Well, let me clarify. Charlie missed it haha. But I still went (in full costume) to help out and cheer on my various barn mates who went (including a few other skeletons, natch, bc obvi it was gonna be a group thing...). 

spooky fun for the whole family

And Charlie had to satisfy himself with just doing the at-home Trick-or-Trunk party with the lesson kiddos. All the parents parked in a big circle in our front field, while the costumed kids and ponies did laps collecting candy. 

everyone gets a ride!

Charlie.... Did not particularly enjoy that part haha. Had serious vibes from our Christmas-Caroling-Gone-Wrong of a few years ago... 

But the kids enjoyed it and Charlie calmed down enough once we got back down to the barn for my sister, niece and nephew to all have a little spin <3

why yes i wore this suit out in public, why are you asking?? lol

After which we naturally stuffed the horse full to the gills with all manner of candy and treats haha, and sorta kinda attempted to wash the paint off.... Then threw him high as a kite back out into the wilderness while we did a little more exploring around the farm. 

All in all, maybe not quite the Halloween Horse Show I'd hoped for.... But still a pretty damn good time lol. Fingers crossed the paint cleans off my tack eventually....! Anybody else do any halloween-themed equestrian activities??? Or equestrian-themed halloween activities???