Yesterday.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 08:00AM In case folks were wondering, we didn't really do anything in particular for Labor Day. Growing up, Labor Day was called States Day and was a big deal in my little hometown. We always had a big parade and carnival and it was great fun. My sister says they had a blast there this year. I miss that. :)
Sigh. We did, though, manage to go on a bit of a family bike ride yesterday:
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Okay, so it wasn't really a very lengthy ride. Asher's training wheels somewhat limit how far we go right now. So, we all biked to the neighborhood park...the boys played some soccer with Nathan...and then we split up. Nathan and Noah took the bike path to its southern end while I led the other two home. It was good. :) Hoping to manage more and longer rides this fall.
Also, did you notice? We bumped all three boys up on bikes. Asher's now on Noah's old 18" bike (still with training wheels, though he's working on that)...Noah's on a new 20" bike complete with gears and suspension and all...and Micah's on Asher's old 16" bike, though for any distances we stick him in the trailer for speed's sake, lol.
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And, yes, this transition on bikes prompted numerous complaints about the justice of hand-me-downs, since Noah continually gets to pick something new and the other two settle for what's been outgrown. As neither Nathan nor I ever really had to experience hand-me-downs (being the only and the oldest children), we do feel for the boys. But. As we pointed out, in this particular case, all the bikes involved were really in very good condition, having been used infrequently. Plus, it's generally only bigger things like this that get the hand-me-down treatment...I still have a tendency to buy them all clothes (since I like them to coordinate, lol) and such. And our neighbor even chimed in about how her younger brother always complained about getting *her* hand-me-down bikes, so we pointed out to the boys that at least they like the things Noah picks. Still. As you can guess, Asher and Micah are a little irked. But they'll live. ;)
Reader Comments (2)
Great pics! One of these days we'll get some like that!
What GREAT photos and you look fabulous! Sounds like a wonderful day.