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Freya is a beautiful bay eventer with a dark brown mane and tail.

Sam is a stunning dapple grey showjumper with a grey mane and tail.

Flash is a striking skewbald riding horse with a flaxen mane and tail.

Skye is an elegant black dressage horse with black mane and tail.

They come in their own posh horse box that turns inside out to become a luxury stable! Additional matching accessories are available for them in different colours, including saddle pads, fly hoods and polo bandages as well as fully working saddles and bridles in real leather, making these toys not only great fun to play with but educational too! Every pony comes with its own passport and instructive care booklet. Their coats are incredibly soft, perfect for brushing and looking after, and they have plaitable manes and tails. Lori Borgman is a columnist, author and speaker.The LeMieux Toy Pony range features six ponies with different names and colours for you to choose from! They stand securely on all four legs and are flexible, making them safe for young children (3 years and over) to play with. My surprise for them is that I plan on being out of town. He didn’t even question why, just said sure. I texted our son and said, “Can you bring a chainsaw to our surprise anniversary party?”

Plush horse Patch#

I said, “OK, but - Surprise! - it needs to be at our house and the theme will be Patch and Repair.” I made it clear the patch and repair would not be on us, but a work party to remove roots from an 85-foot pine tree that toppled in high winds. They said, “Surprise! You’re having one anyway.” I happened to know our girls were planning a surprise anniversary party for us. He is a West Point alum and Army veteran. Someone suggested a Go Navy theme surprise party. Then he made the mistake of falling asleep on the couch. One of our sons-in-law announced he’d like a surprise birthday party. Then someone said, “Every family birthday party this year should be a surprise party.” (We are slow learners.) Taking no chances, she blew them out after the first “Happy Birthday to …” Ten minutes later she was threatening any cousin who would dare blow out her birthday candles before she could. How could she know what might jump out of the gift bag? Her color gradually returned. The birthday girl slowly, carefully, hesitatingly opened a gift. Isn’t that how it goes? You finally get what you always wanted and discover you didn’t really want it after all. At the very least she will never again go to a Tractor Supply. Mom held her close and softly explained what was happening. Who would approach the child, now traumatized by the surprise birthday party of her dreams? Mom. The pig didn’t respond, didn’t oink, smile, wiggle her tail or say a word. Aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas and grandpas, jumped out yelling, “SURPRISE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!”

We slipped in, found hiding places and waited. The rest of us then received an all-clear text saying, “The pig has left the building.” The birthday girl, wearing her fluffy pink pig costume went on an “errand” with her dad to Tractor Supply. Three large plastic horses, a plush pig stuffie and an old saddle rounded out the décor. It was a farm theme party with a barn door made from a red plastic tablecloth, popcorn wrapped in cello bags and green tissue for corn on the cob and Rice Krispie treats labeled hay bales. Our youngest grand announced she wanted a surprise birthday party when she turned five.