Busy Weekend

Friday after school Nicholas learned to ride his bike! We've had a couple practice sessions with him but previously he had not mastered the balance needed to ride. I don't know what was different Friday night - but after 2 or 3 falls - he was up and stayed up the rest of the night! Maybe it was peer pressure as there were four other kids out riding their bikes. Anyway - we are now having a hard time getting him to do anything but ride his bike! :o) Mike is borrowing our friend's mountain bike and he and Nicholas went around the block together with all the neighborhood kids. They had a lot of fun although Nicholas hasn't quite mastered riding up hill yet - and our neighborhood is nothing but hills. That will come as his leg muscles get stronger.

Saturday Nicholas went fishing with our neighbor so we could go down into town and buy the rest of the baby items on our registry. Oh my goodness - surely with all the money we spent we brought the USA economy back to life!! I cannot believe how much babies cost - and is all this stuff really necessary?!? :o) Hopefully it will make things easier!

Sunday we tried our first babysitter for Nicholas. A girl who volunteers at the elementary school with her Mom came up to me last year and said she would love to start babysitting Nicholas. I spoke with her Mom who felt she was ready and still sat on the idea for many months! We decided to give it a try and it worked out great. She sat Nicholas while we went to the Baby Care class at the hospital. Nicholas just loves her (and I think he might have a little crush on her to be honest - as he put gel in his hair and asked to wear his white button down shirt...).

The Baby Care class was good - we got to learn about bathing a baby and changing diapers and how to properly take their temperature and all that sort of stuff. Along with graphic photos of what to look for in their poop for signs of illness....ick! :o) I guess we'll get used to all this eventually!

A friend sent this joke to me today....

Life boils down to 2 questions....

Should I get a dog?


Or have a kid?


Since we've got a kid and a dog - I guess this explains why our house is always a mess! :o)

Love to all...