Home after a long weekend

I'm back!  We headed to Parelli Across America for the weekend, and I had TONS of fun.  The things Pat Parelli does with horses are amazing!!!  Plus, I got tons of shopping done.  But, of course, I had to leave Pistol at home, which neither of us was happy about.  So when I got home last night, I immediately went out to say hi to him, and he came cantering over to the gate to see me.  I went out this morning to see him too, and brush him a bit.  The flies here are terrible, so I had to put his flysheet and mask on, and he is such a goofball about it.  He helps me put his sheet on, because it doesn't buckle in the front, its sewn together, and being that Pistol is a mouthy LBE, he holds the front of the sheet while I pull it over his head and shoulders.  The funny part is, I didn't even "train" him to do that, the first time I went to put it on him, he grabbed the front, and I decided to go with it, so now every time I put it on, he holds the front while I pull it over his head and shoulders.  I love LBE's, they are so much fun.  Then it was time for the fly mask, and I had him hold that while I brushed his face.  He likes to hold the top(the part that goes on his poll) because it has a hole for his forelock, and he plays with the hole with his lips.  So once I was done brushing him, I drew his head over to me at his shoulder, and he dropped the mask right into my hands.  What a smart boy!  So once his mask was on, we had a good scratch in his girth area, and I went around buckling all the buckles on his sheet.  He LOVES having his sheet on, he feels so smart once he's helped put it on.  Plus, when I scratch on top of the sheet, it feels even BETTER than just a brush. :)  Now he's out eating some grass, and we are going to play a little later.