Horsing around and around and around....
Alrighty, this post we become a family/homeschool/travel log blog! :)
We discovered a horse riding "lobang" in Malaysia, Johor about 1 hour's drive from Singapore. Rider's Lodge. As we all know, land scarce Singapore, it is hard to find horse riding *at affordable prices*.
The children did two days of one lessons and it worked out to be about S$50 per hour. The staff were friendly and helpful, the trainers were patient and encouraging. The lady trainer is from Lithuania and the man is from Spain. We also did a two night stay there and enjoyed the facilities.
We watched Matilda get saddled up.
Day 1 of lessons, the trainer taught the children some horse riding basics.
No. 3 got the tallest horse! lol. But very obedient horses. mostly. :)
Some exercises to learn balance in the saddle.
Why a horse riding trip? Well, mainly because the two little boys have been horse crazy for the last few months. No. 4 chose a plastic horse figurine set over a nerf gun! So that's how much they love horses. :) see this post...
No. 4 (5 yrs) is too young to join in the lessons, so he got a nice pony ride through the oil palm plantation.
This is the beautiful manor that we stayed in. Looks classic but built in 1999. ;)
In the room, the kids taught me how to play monopoly deal. fun!
And they played other games as well.
We enjoyed the swimming pool at the neighbouring gold course. We are allowed to use it! And use it we did! :)
The kids are getting good at this flipping into the pool thing. See this post for the video when they first started the flipping thing. haha
Big breakfast for a little boy. He was so pleased. If anyone is intending to go and stay over, I would suggest the bed and breakfast as the meals are quite pricey. Just drive out to the nearby Kulai town for coffee shop food and regular malaysian prices.
At night we played some pool. It is a little known fact that I (Suwei) can play pretty good pool! Played on and off since secondary school days but more so during university. Just happened that that night no. 1 beat me by a *few* balls.
We ventured out to the Kulai town just 5 mins away. Bustling pasar malam (night market)! We instructed the children to stay close.
Couldn't resist buying the Penang laksa. It was spicy, sweet, sour... yum!
Hubby and I did a trail ride into the oil plantations while the kids babysat each other in the room. :)
Two handsome boys. :)
Baby no. 5 could only watch from the side lines and kept asking can I sit on the horsie?
Her wish was granted. But only for a minute. :)
on day 2, the children, under the spanish trainer, learned how to trot. At first they were bouncing away in their saddles. lol. Until they got the rhythm of the trot. No. 3 seems to be quite a natural!
Well, bye bye horsies. Hope to see you again soon. :)
It was a good family time away and we cherish the times we can spend together as a family ilke this. We also had a good time of getting into God's Word and praying for God's will for us. God is so good to us!
I like this excellent household time away and we prize the periods we can invest together. We also had enjoyable of getting into the lord's concept and wishing for the lord's will for us.
Posted by: רכיבה טיפולית | January 16, 2012 at 11:03 AM