Milestones

I asked Veronica this morning to put back the bottle of medicine she'd taken off my bedside table. She looked up at me and grinned. I asked her again. She still just looked at me and seemed to say, "Why!? This is fun!" So, then I said, "Nica, clean up. Go put it back. Clean up."

We both turned away from each other and the next thing I heard was her soft little voice (particularly soft compared to her immediately older sister) say, "Yes, Mom."


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Megan learned to ride a "two-wheeler" on Mother's Day. That was the second best present I could get on Mother's Day this year (the best was the "day off" Travis gave me on Saturday; I didn't have to even think about anything to do about the house or with the kids. Freedom!)

Travis got Zoë a new bike since she had outgrown (literally) her old one. Zoë is very happy with her new bike, and looks great riding it around. Megan was super excited to get a "new" bike (Zoë's old one) and was already talking about painting it. Something must have been said about her needing to ride the bike before that could happen. I think also that Megan would be losing the very cool bike bell might also have been a motivation because we were outside on Sunday with the bikes, and Megan got on. With encouragement (LOTS of shouting praise) she took off! She was still very nervous, and would crash into anything that loomed out at her (bushes, trees, sisters, other bikes, etc)

So, for Family Home Evening last night we went on a LONG bike ride: 3 miles up to the Student Center on the Notre Dame campus. Zoë was on her bike, Megan on her bike, Travis pulling Miranda and Nica in the bike trailer. I ran/jogged. Whew!

But, Megan made it the WHOLE WAY and crashed only once into a tree (that leaped out at her). She was so proud of herself and glowing with her accomplishment, as she should be! Zoë was a trouper to be the leader, and give Megan something to work for. Nica cried when we pulled her out of the trailer. Miranda cried when we put her in (she was also very excited to get a 'new" bike as a hand-me-down from Megan adn was disappointed that she didn't get to ride her bike. But, she's still very SLOW. I can walk faster than Miranda can bike at this point. Still, I was lagging behind all the bike riders and got a good fast run, especially on the way home.

Yay! I love family bike rides!!!