Fall Fun

Gotta love this Fall weather. It's funny because I never thought that I liked the Fall. I think it's because I always associated it with the 'going back to school/work' thing for me. September and October at work were always such busy times of year, and then after the kids were born, with both their birthdays falling in there as well, it became madness. This year, I think I've been able to stop and enjoy the cooler, yet not too cool weather and I love it!

Last week the weather was funny, but on the days it wasn't raining we took full advantage. The first time we went to the new Terra Nova Park in Richmond, it was packed. There were 15 min. line ups just to get to climb up the giant structure. We didn't even attempt to line up for the zip line. We left after a short play with the promise that we'd go back when all the kids were in school. Anytime the sun peaked out, the kids would ask if we could go, so we finally did on Wednesday. With the exception of a few preschoolers, the playground was pretty much ours. Fun times!! The best was that the kids could get on the zip line on their own AND pull each other, so I didn't have to run back and forth the whole time. :) Awesome.

On Thursday the weather was STILL nice, so I told the kids that if we were really good with the school work, we could go out to the basketball courts before the big kids got back from school and Ethan could try to ride the two wheeler. So excited to report that he pretty much figured out how to ride the bike in about 20 minutes. The run bikes to start are just awesome. It really is about figuring out how the balance works and once they have that, the pedaling part is not too hard. The funny thing about Ethan is that once he learned how to ride the two wheeler, I watched him and something just seemed 'off'. After a short while it dawned on me that he looked like a grown-up clown trying to ride a teeny-weeny bike. We switched to Maddy's bike and it was much better. Haha, I still get a chuckle when I see the first picture. Yay! We are now into new territory. Next summer? Biking excursions, yahoo! Oh, the places we could go!

 Here's the mini bike the poor kid tried to ride until mom finally clued in.

 Kisses from Jeh Jeh for the bike rider!

So much better, except now we need another bike.