The jury is still out... or at least Jonah's brain. Let me explain.
We decided to go out for a walk in the afternoon to take a break and enjoy the spring weather. I'm still trying out new routes, attempting to locate more intact sidewalks for the stroller. I thought we were on the right track, until the sidewalk ended right at a fire hydrant. Humph. So we turned down a side street and passed a horse farm!
I couldn't resist taking Jonah out of the stroller to watch the horses, which were out grazing the in the field. Jonah sat on the top rail of the fence and stared rather intently for a while. Eventually, one of the horses looked up from his snack and, noticing us, came over to investigate. Jonah grew a little worried as the horse drew near... but then so did Mommy! A thin, plastic fence seems little protection from a 1,000lb animal lumbering straight at you. I wasn't entirely sure what if any danger a horse posed us, but we backed off enough that the horse couldn't reach us.
I put out a hand, and the horse seemed disappointed that we weren't offering an apple or carrot. Instead, she waved her head side to side, rubbing her chest against the fence. The fence buckled quite a bit and I wasn't convinced that the rail wouldn't come right out of the post - except that the horses were still there, so it's probably worked to contain them for some time now. Eventually she wandered back with the others.
Horse #2 then came over to investigate. Jonah cried again (briefly), Mommy backed off, and this horse, too decided we were uninteresting and left. Finally, horse #3 came over. He decided that there appeared to be a nice salad bar on our side of the fence and stuck his head between the rails! Well, I reasoned that a horse with his head stuck in a fence wasn't a threat, so we approached and pet his mane. Jonah stared intently, but wasn't so interested in touching (or eating) the horse. Maybe next time.
Oh, and about the title: the horses were busy eating, so they weren't saying much. Mommy was making all the "neigh" sounds! Does anyone think this is confusing for a baby?
