Birthday Party

This past Sunday there was a pony party at the barn. The parents brought their youngsters to have pony rides and celebrate Brett's birthday. There were balloons, pizzas, and cake. I was doing my chores at the rescue barn and decided to take a break to how the pony party was going.
Tiny Secrets, our shetland pony was circling the ring with the little kids one by one. Stoney the sheep had his little circle of kids petting him and feeding him hay.

Then the parents of Brett introduced themselves and Brett. My eyes went right to the fringed western chaps; then, to my surprise, I noticed he was wearing a Nitro sweet shirt. WOW! His mother told me all the kids got Nitro shirts, even the birthday cake was made to look like Nitro, and the invitations had Nitro pictures.
I was so impressed with all the effort this family went through, just from Nitro being on the web site. When the kids went into the barn to eat their cake I went back to the rescue barn to get Nitro. He had so much mud on him, that he looked like a bay horse. I curried him and hosed the mud from his legs and hooked up the trailer and loaded him without even telling him why. We sped back and I tried to sneak him out to better clean him up but got caught.

Some kids shouted NITRO!!! Before you knew it more kids came out, seems Nitro really has a fan club. We stood there and I felt so grateful that everyone had liked Nitro, and were happy to meet him. I wish Nitro was better behaved so that the kids could have pet him or have sat on him, but I couldn't take the chance. After awhile, Nitro and I went back and I hoped he had made the kids happy and that they would remember the paint horse for many years to come. Nitro made my day again.