His Legs Keep Going and Going

It amazes me how far a little boy can ride a bike! For every rotation I make, Ethan must make a handful. He can ride 2 miles a day easily. We've been visiting the baby ducks the last two days. Our friends, Hudson and Carter, even joined the ride today. We've decided on weekly bike trips with our friends throughout the summer months. We might decide otherwise when the 120 degree weather hits! Follow us on our biking journeys. :)

Learning to Ride a Bike

Ethan has been practicing little by little since Easter when GG and Lenny gave him a new green bike and helmet. Daddy-o initially raised the back tire off the ground so Ethan could pedal without going anywhere. He was having a hard time pedaling forward. Breaking came easy.

He really took off in the last week, with a few more pedals a day. And then today, he not only rode down our street and back several times (!!), he rode with me about another 1/2 mile around the neighborhood! Yes, he has training wheels, but to ride that far really amazed me! I think we're biking all the way to the park tomorrow. He loves it! Now I just need a bike instead of borrowing Daddy-o's bike. :)

Deadliest Catch

One of the boys favorite shows was on last night, but we had to watch it via tivo earlier tonight.

Ethan: I really like the black boat. I don't like this one (the blue boat). They have lots of big spiders.
Daddy-o: Those aren't spiders. Those are crabs. Has he eaten one?
Mom: No. Ethan, would you like to eat a crab?
Ethan: No. Crabs are not nummy (yummy).
Mom: They might be good with ketchup.
Ethan: Where is the black boat? I see more spiders.

Honestly, kids says the funniest things!

A Pilot in the Making

Daddy-o used to take flight lessons when he was younger. Perhaps Ethan will take this up down the road. We took friends Hayden and Kate to the local airport cafe for lunch where the planes come and go all day within feet of you (the flight school is next door). The boys were glued to the windows! When we left one of the flight school instructors kindly let the boys sit in an airplane he had just flown in. The gas trucks and helicopters were a hit, too!