lucky's back!

its been a while, but lucky the horse is back!  ledger got lucky for christmas from mom and david and he absolutely loved it! he would often spend hours on it each and every day.  at first it was a little big so he needed our help getting on and off of it, but as he got bigger and more comfortable with it he started to get himself on and off without any help.  well, one afternoon he was getting off lucky and he slipped and fell.  he didn't hurt himself, but it did totally freak him out.  no matter how much we encouraged him or tried to get him on there, he just wouldn't get back on that horse.  (i know, we even tried explaining to him the old adage that if you fall down, you need to 'get back on the horse', but he wasn't buying it...)  so there lucky sat for a month.  ledger would still pet him and talk to him, but he was not at all interested in riding him anymore.  so, one evening, after ledger had gone to bed, i brought lucky out to the garage, effectively retiring him from active toy duty.  the next morning ledger didn't even notice, in fact it went unaddressed for about two months.  and then one afternoon ledger asked 'daddy, where's lucky?'  i told him that lucky had to go away for a while, but if he wanted, lucky could come back home to see him again.  ledger got really excited about the idea of seeing lucky again, so he said 'yes!'.  the next morning lucky was back in the living room, and ledger was thrilled to see him again!  he hopped right on, forgetting the fear that kept him off lucky for so long.  and ledger has been hopping back on lucky for rides every day ever since!  i guess nothing can break the bond between a boy and his horse...