Our little artist!! It is definitly in her Genes!
Nate is pretty excited about his new skills!
Look at me GO, and GO....and GO!
Britt has been riding for 5 months and shows Nate how a pro does it!
Nate and Dad at "Art in the Park" building and Airplane out of Cardboard.The fancy term is "recycled art".
Have we EVER mentioned that we LOVE Boise in the fall? I know we are annoying but Art in the Park is one of our absolute favorite events of the summer. Usually we ride our bikes on the Greenbelt into Julia Davis park but this year with Zach we had to change and walk into the park. Zach can't hold up his own head so he is no where near ready to try out the bike trailer. We did however keep our tradition of packing a picnic and finding a shady spot to enjoy lunch together in the park! Some may think is a little sad that a piece of fried chicken and free art projects makes for such a happy family but that's how we like our Saturdays... SIMPLE.
Now for our other big news, Nathan can ride his bike. It was amazing how fast he learned. We knew he would pick it up quickly but we had no idea it would be this quick. Just like Britt he decided to learn when Mom was gone to mutual and had nearly mastered riding a bike in a single night. On Thursday he followed Mom around all day begging her to find time when Zach was asleep that she could go help him riding his bike. After a couple of laps up and down the street with him yelling over his shoulder "LET ME GO"(because I was hanging on to his shirt) he gave up and waited for the real bicycle trainer (DAD) to get home from work. Then that night he was well on his way. So the first night he could balance and ride but was scary to watch. The second night he had even better balance and learned how to turn around and stop with out crashing. And then Friday night, he learned how to start all by himself and now is an expert. He loves to show anyone how fast he can go! It amazes me that he chose to have Dad take off his training wheels and learned to ride his bike in one night! He gets that from Scott. I haven't confessed to the kids that I couldn't ride until I was like 8 or something! I just remember being embarassed that I had training wheels so I must have been pretty stinkin' old!
3 comments:
Oh Nat that is great about Nate! And what a great tradition with art in the park and a picnic. It's been a long time since Jer and I have had a parking lot picnic, thanks for reminding me about the simple things. Hope things are going great with Zach we sure miss you guys, take care of yourselves!!!
Yay for Nate!! I wish we could get Peyton to even try pedaling! He sits on his bike and pushes himself around with his feet. We've tried everything. Oh well, I guess everyone learns in their own time. Your day at the park sounds like fun! Too bad we're not a little closer so we could have enjoyed the day with you!! We are SO looking forward to Halloween though!!!
Ahh..that is too funny about you being so old and riding in training wheels. I am pretty sure I would've been one of those kids that made fun of you. But hey...everyone learns how to ride a bike eventually right? Nate looks too little to be riding a two wheeler. That's awesome!
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