First Bicycle

Chris unexpectedly came across a really good sale price on a returned bicycle, so that is how John unexpectedly received his first bicycle with training wheels today!

Chris took the kids to our neighborhood "sand box" (volley ball pit).

Mary, with her lower legs buried

Riding in our driveway

Unfortunately, the two great videos I took of John riding like the wind all over our driveway were lost due to operator error: I was not filming when I thought I was, and was filming when I thought I wasn't!

Mary found another way to use the dolly stroller: we found her happily walking around the house like this.

Today was a busy day with hours of outdoor play time and Mary didn't take a nap. She was eating a snack at 3:40 when I saw her eyes drooping. I asked her if she was tired and she shook her head 'no.' Then I took this photo of her with her eyes fully closed.

Moments later, she fell forward onto her own lap, asleep! Unfortunately, when I transfered her to the couch in the darkened living room with a cozy blanket, she perked right up and was wide awake. And bedtime came to her no easier tonight! Why children resist sleep, I have no idea. I wish someone were encouraging me to sleep more!

Amazingly, for dinner I didn't solely rely on frozen products. I made a lentil barley soup that Chris and I quite liked. I was able to adjust it based on ingredients I had in the house and found it a flexible recipe. Tonight I'm trying a molasses bread recipe which I've never made. It's interesting because of the molasses, that it calls for only 1/4 teaspoon of yeast, and that it requires a 10-hour first rise and 2-hour second rise. I've never made a long-rising bread like that: it is now set to do its first rise overnight.

I had Chris pull down my bins of newborn boy and girl clothing this evening. Then I poked through the clothing and found myself grinning and getting all snuffly and emotional. I think it's quite funny that I'm simultaneously starting to feel some fear of labor (babies are so big!) and yet was looking at the newborn clothing and thinking no human being could be so tiny!