My 3 kids rodeo. This is a little bit of what that looks like...
I am a musician, but I am a mom first. My 3 kids found their passion in the rodeo and we have been in deep ever since, loving every minute of it.
Before the kids were born my husband, Scott, team roped and I did a little bit of barrel racing. When the kids were little they had no interest. They loved sports, especially baseball. We could not manage it all so we sold everything.
The kids had played baseball, football, basketball, cheer, dance, gymnastics, the list goes on ... until they decided they really REALLY wanted to ride horses again. Rodeo they said- Pleeeeeeasssse let us rodeo!!
Seriously? We had everything for that and sold it all.... now you want to do it?!! #parenting
We gave them a trial period to see if it was a phase, but they were hard core and they had the fever bad.
They learned to ride and do their events all at the same time. Within a few months of working hard they began competing. Everyone is still learning as they go.
It is scary and exciting to watch them do their thing. The boys events are team roping, breakaway roping, goat tying, and chute dogging. My daughter does barrels, pole bending, breakaway roping and goat tying.
We let the boys ride bareback steer ONE time to get it out of their system, I stressed so much I cried. It was bad. Now they can say they have done it and can check it off of their list, but they will have to ride broncs and bulls after they move out and I have no say. This mama ain't having it!
We love it all so much, but it is A LOT of work mixed in with the play.
There are tons of daily chores that go into caring for the horses. They practice something every day - either they are roping a steer or calf dummy, tying a goat dummy, or at an arena riding the horses practicing.