Tiki Party!!!!

I LOVE MY TIKI :-)

So, it was our Warlander filly Tiki's 1 month birthday on Sept 10, and SO many of our friends wanted to come meet her after she was born, that we held a Tiki Party in her honor. We had about 40+ people, decorated our deck, our bar, and the barn in Tiki/tropical decor and had a great time :-) Tiki lights were everywhere! Mona and Tiki have been WONDERFUL about having a lot of people milling about in their stall, meeting and greeting them. They're awesome ambassadors for the breeds. In true friesian fashion, they took the festivities completely in stride. We decided for fun we'd give everyone a Hawaiian lei as they arrived and have them sit with Tiki on the beanbag in her stall and pose for a photo. Well, after I started telling friends about our plan, it really took off from there. Can she wear a lei? How about a grass skirt? What about a backdrop? Even when our wonderful friend Lisa (I bred and sold her her Otte filly) came over to make a backdrop for photos in their stall, the horses didn't blink an eye as we assembled it in their stall. Lisa used large rolls of colored paper to create a beach scene with palm trees, coconuts, and a boat in the background called "Leaky Tiki" (remember Adventures in Paradise with the schooner??). Little Tiki pees so much that her nickname has become Leaky Tiki :-). I got a little grass skirt from the party store and put it around her neck for the photos, and put the lei around her ears as a cute headdress. She loved every minute of it! She's such a diva, she loved playing dress-up and posing with the guests. She was so patient, quiet, and well-behaved with all the non-horsie people from work who came up to our house for the first time to see what all the excitement was about. We even had a few family photos taken with Tiki. I was so proud of how still, gentle and good she was with the little kids who came up to pet her and sit with her. I told her there was a special place in heaven for her for being so good! And gosh knows, she'll put up with nearly anything. It was less like having a horse with you than having a large stuffed animal or a really big dog hanging out with friends. We know she'll only be this little once, so we're taking full advantage of her cute-ness LOL!

We had a ton of fun, people LOVED meeting our little angel filly, and it was a great experience we'll never forget.

Tiki N Emilie

Tiki, Angie, Brenna and her new baby brother Paul

Tiki and Ray Luellen pose with his girls