So this afternoon, we all headed out to the park together. Melinda was a natural on the bike, figured out the brakes by backward-pedaling without any prompting and everything! Of course Mom and Dad were too distracted by trying to get out the door with 3 kids instead of 2, and forgot her helmet at home. Oops. Good thing she goes pretty slowly! She did fall down a couple times around corners (Jesse blames it on the training wheels that don't let you lean into a turn well enough), but managed to jump off the bike as it was falling so that she didn't get hurt at all.
After only a few minutes of biking, the kids wanted to switch to playing on the playground. Fair enough, I guess. The wind was pretty chilly, especially when a cloud happened to block out the sun, but Alex was super cozy in my carrier. In between swinging and sliding, Melinda and Jacob went crazy, picking a million and a half dandelions and stuffing them in their pockets, giving a few choice flowers to Mommy. We finished up the outing with a little bit more bike riding, which was honestly less bike riding and more flower picking.
A video taken from first arriving at the park:
Jacob rides a little ways:
Here comes Melinda around the bend!
Melinda smiles for the camera as she rides by.
Jacob gives up on pedaling and starts walking the bike:
Becky and Alex enjoying the sunshine (I'm wearing Alex in the carrier I sewed myself!). Notice Melinda pulling up her pants as she heads out to the dandelions (her skinny hips are constantly a problem with pants!), and one long-stemmed dandelion poking out from my pocket.
See what I mean about ending the outing with more picking flowers than riding bikes? Melinda was literally only pedaling about two rotations at a time before hopping off to pick more dandelions.
3 comments:
Oh I was so glad to see a new update. I miss seeing your family. Jacob was cute and Melinda reminded me of our days of new bikes with training wheels. Thank you for the time and effort to give us all these updates. Nice job on the baby carrier.
So fun. :) Enjoyed the pictures.
I think this looked like a really fun day! We had 70 degree weather 2 days ago, and we had a BLIZZARD yesterday. IT was super windy, so the snow was blowing sideways, and we got about 3 inches or so. It snowed non stop (so much, you could hardly see anyting outside) for about 5 hours. I WANT SPRING BACK.
Your family is so cute, and good for you for getting the whole family out while little Alex was less than 2 weeks old.
:o)
ps
Yes! That is what the family looks like.
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