Missy Minus Training Wheels

 

 So Missy had me take off her training wheels last week... what's funny is that she is usually more of a risk taker than Goober, but for whatever reason she didn't want to try riding her bike sans training wheels for very long and soon asked me to put them back on. I was a mean mom and refused to reattach them (she could totally ride without training wheels she just lacked the confidence!)

After she got a bit of a grip about that she soon found that, sure enough, mom might have a clue what she is talking about! lol And she is once again following her big brother all over the neighborhood looking for friends who are home to play with!

On an unrelated note, Jer and I finally got the playhouse stained! Yes, it took all summer for us to get to it, and no we did not intend to wait until October to do it! But alas it is done before the snow flies! Yippy!

 

 (it's not done well, mind you, but it is protected from the weather, which is what we were worried about!)

The New Playhouse

So my mom and dad put this together at there house for the kids to play on when the kids are up mom and dads house. it so they can play outside on something relatively unsupervised... seeing that like window wells, I'm a little bit paranoid about trampolines (which they have one of) and tend to have to have someone else watch the kids as they jump so that I can look away cringing often.

Not that my kids didn't already adore going to my parents house... but their favorite activities there were jumping on said trampoline and throwing rocks in to the stream that goes through part of the backyard. Normally I don't mind the throwing rocks into water bit, but someone definitely has to be watching in case one of the chillins falls in. Hence the playhouse.

They should have a load of fun tomorrow when we go up for the 3rd of July fireworks (mom and dad's little town does it on the 3rd so as not to fight with the "big kids" down the way).

I hope my camera continues to work for the 4th of July celebration, it was having small hissy fits today and doesn't want to function quite right....