Riding Camp - and then we... and then we...

Well, yesterday morning I dropped Colin (Vanessa's boy) and Ayla off at Green Acres, a beautiful camp in the country, rolling hills covered in green grass, barn buildings and camp offices tucked in amungst the trees with horses in the fields, the morning sun shining off their backs. I wasn't sure if the kids would love it. I wanted them to love it, every moment. I thought about them all day. What are they doing now? Is Colin eating enough? Will he get stepped on by his horse? Will Ayla be afraid of the horses?
And so, off I went to collect them at the end of the day, anxious to know if they were OK. Colin (the small, silent type) was dirty, the first indication that he may have had an OK time. Ayla was all about the new vocabulary. It seemed they did so much that I figure she'll be jumping at the Olympic level in a few weeks. Her most dramatic moment was helping a girl out of her boots (She had those big tall boots on, and she couldn't get them off, and I told all the other girls to get out of the way and it took me a while but I finally got the other girl's boots off, and I told her to point her foot and she was like "why?" and I was like "because". Really, Auntie Tanya, I told her I was not going to do this every day and she needed to wear other boots.)Colin it would seem made a friend - Ethan - though he couldn't remember the name of his horse. And they did not go for a swim. Because they roasted corn. Which they though was a bust because really, all they did was peel it and hand it over, it's not like they got to roast it themselves.
And so this morning they are off to Day 2. The horses were out in the ring this morning (Ayla was kind enough to supply me with the correct lingo - it is NOT a field!). The sun is shining and Colin was dirty getting out of the car, so he was off to a good start.