We got new bikes! Big kids bikes, with training wheels. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before we take the training wheels off. Riley loves his new bike. The first time he got on it, he stayed on it until he could peddle all by himself. He was determined. Tessa and Emmett, not so much. Tessa loved the princess theme, but didn’t like to wear the helmet. And Emmett thought that running was faster than biking. Dad actually duct taped his feet to the peddles to get him accustomed to the motion of peddling. And, guess what? It worked! Turns out Dad isn’t so crazy after all!
The day after the duct tape came off, Emmett had almost no trouble peddling. The problem is that the break on these bikes is activated when the rider peddles backward. Because it is an easier motion to peddle backwards than forwards, we all wanted to peddle backwards. But that, obviously, takes you nowhere. But we are all going somewhere now! Sometimes it’s too fast, and sometimes it’s not in the direction we want, but we are going…
Another thing that we are all doing is reading. We love that too. We have many books memorized, almost word for word. And Emmett has lot of words memorized and he’s starting to sound words out that he doesn’t know as well. Our favorite book right now is the Big Fat Cow that went Kapow. The first part is about raining big, fat cows. So now, when it rains, we are all looking for the big fat cows that come with the rain. Also, in the book is a story about a girl named Ruth, and she has a super scooter. When we ride our scooters, we like to talk about Ruth. And how we also have super scooters.
Mom and Dad showed us thumb wars and how to give wet willies. We like to dance and run around and give wet willies and play thumb wars before bed. Our favorite music right now is Deep Forest. Emmett sings along and we all shake our hips. It’s great! And now that Dad is all done with his school (forever we all hope!) he can spend more time with us, dancing and playing thumb wars.
School is almost out and we are looking forward to summer camp. We get to swim and do yoga and cook and learn Hebrew. It’s going to be great! The pool at school isn’t as great as the one at swim lessons, where we get to go underwater and we are learning how to flip over and float on our backs. But we get to get wet and run around outside. What’s better than that?
We adopted a new doggie, Isaac, from the neighbors when they needed to find a home for him. He’s a big German Shepherd, who is mellow and likes to come with us everywhere. Riley hopes that Isaac will be able to sleep in his room when he gets a little bit bigger. We all love Isaac and we are so happy with his addition to our family.
Check back in next month, when hopefully our house is under contract and we are planning on moving to a house where we all sleep uninterrupted! Where we can get ready for our new sibling to come home!
Chat soon,
Emmett, Riley, and Tessa
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