Notice that Erika is not wearing the cat costume which Jackie bought for her. Erika would not put it on. Which type of stubborness is this? a) Hughes, b) Kruse, c) Wetzel, d) Harding, e) All of the above.Erika, like her father, needs time to stop and reflect without the chaos of a crowd. Time to get comfortable. You can't just show up at some crazy chaotic thing and expect to enjoy yourself from the first moment!
Noticing this, one of the fair workers gave her a shiny golden plastic coin for just getting near a game, and Erika seemed to like that quite a lot. In fact, she would rather manipulate the play money than do almost anything else. This coin is what she's feeling behind her back in a side room all by herself away from the crowd. No doubt she is pondering an interest-bearing account while other children run around deluding themselves. At the conclusion of our outing, the coins she obtained were not traded in for mere plastic detritus, but rubbed together with great satisfaction and pocketed. I'm so proud! I can't wait until I teach her about mutual funds!
Before the pony rides, Erika warmed up with a faux horse. This was Jackie's idea and was a great success.
After coins were stored some fun was being had. This is her second pony ride. Indeed it takes time to warm up a Wetzel to this sort of thing, but we get there eventually. My appologies to Jackie's side for contributing my "annoyingly cautious" gene to our progeny.
Interesting how my red-eye removal software is defeated by this pony. 
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Definitely a Wetzel trait, we have no stubborness in any of our family genes!!!!!
And as for that cautious gene, I wouldn't count the chickens just yet. Michael was extremely shy until he was around 6-7. Then the Social butterfly gene came flying out and has yet to go away!!!!
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