And She's Off!!

Rebecca successfully taught Amelia to ride her bike while I was at work the other day -- "It was easy!" Rebecca said; "All I did was just give her a push!"

Cousin Love

Trying Without Training Wheels

(And so far with a lot of help from Mom.)

Easter Sunday

We had a quiet Easter this year. We took the kids for a walk at the nearby Four Mile Creek Greenway and then went out to lunch, since I didn't particularly feel like cooking Easter dinner.

In the afternoon I did my final 10 mile run in preparation for next weekend's half marathon, and of course the kids have been sugared up on Easter candy all day. 

Here are some pictures from our walk this morning:

Social Experiment of the Summer

Kid fridge in the garage packed with snacks for when the kids are outside playing. Yeah we'll see how long it lasts...

Amelia VS Costco Hotdog

(The hotdog won.)

Congrats To A Terrific Kid!

Charlie's teacher called me at 8:30 last night to inform me that Charlie was her class's recipient of the Terrific Kid Award for the month of March, and that there was an awards ceremony this morning that I was invited to attend. 

March's character trait was courage, and when Charlie's name was called the presenter informed us that "Charlie's classmates tell us that he exhibits the trait of courage because he is not afraid to turn over a log and pick up any critter he finds under there!" Yup that's my boy!

Here he is waiting in line with the other third graders to be presented his certificate (only a head or so taller than the other kids!):

With his certificate:

And a group shot (they stuck him in the back row with the fifth graders)