Bike Rides...

Last weekend when Daddy was home, Elsie mastered the art of riding a bike! Last year she tried to ride a much smaller bike, but never really figured it out very good. This year the smaller bike was too small, so we borrowed a bike and training wheels from the aunties...but at the beginning of spring her legs weren't strong enough to pedal...then suddenly last weekend she took off and could pedal just fine! Personally I think it may have something to do with the fancy bike helmet she begged for at a garage sale...we are not a bike helmet/safety kind of family, so where the idea of needing a helmet came from, I don't quite know!

I think Elsie spent most of Saturday afternoon perfecting her bike riding...I noticed today that the training wheels are pretty bent and more times than not the training wheels are not even touching the ground...won't be long and she will be riding with no training wheels at all!

Where is my little girl at!? She is growing up too darn fast fast!

James is never far behind his sister...so in a great effort to keep up with her, he quickly pulled his little trike over to the road and "rode" his bike...

I love watching James ride his bike...he never uses the pedals...he basically just walks with the bike between his legs...and he can get going mighty fast too! Sometimes he goes right over his handlebars...but he doesn't cry about it...instead he stands up with a big smile...and we all clap and say, "whoa, just like Nitro Circus!" Which only makes him feel pretty proud!

Jon is a good kind of Daddy who loves to do fun things with his kids...the kids know that there are certain things that mommy does with them and certain things are reserved as "daddy only things"...some of those special daddy things include going on walks to the park! Now when we drive past the park James says, "dada, park!" Going to the park with daddy is a pretty exciting and special thing to the kids...and it won't be long until Elsie is riding her little bike all the way to the park!

Happy kids...Summer lovin' kids...