Kylene's Horse Club--A First!

A little background: last week and this, Kylene read her first official "chapter books". Two, cute readers about a first grader named Monty. In the first one, Monty decided he loved Kangaroos and wanted his own club. He wrote up his own rules and then had his first meeting, complete with his mom making refreshments.

Fast forward to this morning: we were talking about going to the library and she told me she wanted some books about horses. So while we were there, we went over to the non-fiction horse section and she randomly chose three or four that looked interesting to her. One of them was all about owning your own horse and taking care of it; the last page had a little, removable "certificate", saying that you are now an official member of the book's horse club. Flash of inspiration. Kylene decides she wants her own pony club. The rest of the afternoon is spent creating her "club", signs and other "membership" items for it, and discussing what will happen and who will be a part of it. (Just so you know, it's a "private" club, so only Kylene and her close friend, Rachel are invited! Nice.) Anyway, during dinner she said, "Mommy, I have a special favor to ask." Okay. "The next time we go to Winco, can we buy some special treats for our refreshments after our Horse Club meeting?" Hmmmm. Then after dinner, she asked me to write down some rules for her. Here is what she asked me to write, verbatim. (A few borrowed from Monty, keep in mind.)

RULES OF THE CLUB
1. Ride ponies whenever you see one and ask your mom.
2. Like ponies and take care of them if you have one.
3. Don't tell anyone about the club. (I had told her she couldn't exclude other friends if they were over to play with her and Rachel.)
4. Learn all you can about horses.
5. Always be kind to horses.
6. Listen and obey the officers. (This one definitely from Monty. "What are 'officers', mom?"!)
7. If you want, you can have another club. (Phew!)

Too cute. I guess because I remember all the "clubs" I made up with my girlfriends growing up, this is all very endearing to me. Thus it begins. My little girl is growing up!