On Friday, Andrew taught himself how to ride a bike at our school's parking lot - thanks to being allowed to use another (very generous & patient) child's bicycle. Though I learned to ride a bike at age 6 and spent hours and hours on my various bicycles, we've been quite neglectful in teaching our children. One excuse we made was we really don't have a good place to ride - our driveway is sloped - and gravel; however, we do live on a cul-de-sac which makes it fairly safe to ride on the street. We also have 4 hand-me-down bikes which have been given to us; though they are all in desperate need of repairs & tire-pumping. This bike will be perfect for Andrew to continue his riding practice once we get the tires fixed.
Last Saturday on a trip to Big Lots, I saw this swimming pool on an end cap display. Each summer we buy a cheap plastic kiddie pool, but this year, I knew our kids were getting too big for those blow-up pools. After thinking about it all week, I asked Dan if we could buy a bigger pool today. Andrew wasn't too impressed since the picture on the box showed like 4 (small) children in it - with the (short) mom standing at the side of the pool - and the sides came to at least her waist. The pool is, in reality, only 3 feet high (with maybe 2 feet of water) and 8 feet wide; but it still is bigger than the average little kiddie poole. It obviously gets a 2-thumbs-up from Anna! She stayed in it this afternoon until she was nice and shriveled up!
Let the summer begin!
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