Obsessed now...

Now that Alaina learned how to ride a bike, she's obsessed and wants to go to Herron's parking lot every night she tells us.

We went back tonight so she could work on starting by herself and turning. Pretty funny, but she soon got the hang of them both. Here's a quick video. (Her helmet is almost covering her eyes here!)

Here are some pictures of our summer too. The girls had a great time, especially for the time Daddy was out of a job from 8/1 through 9/15. They got to spend good quality time with him! (Thankfully, Adam started a new job on Tuesday with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra as their Controller - don't let him tell you he's playing the recorder.)

Visit from the Woodward's (from Malaysia!)

Annual trip to the farm to say good-bye to the Hern's (this time to Greece!)

Cami's crazy "I'm thinking" face

Alaina at ballet camp

Girls hiking in Holiday Park with Daddy

State Fair

Alaina's first day of 1st grade

Alaina's 6th b-day

Sweet sisters (this day at least!)

Hope you enjoyed the update. I promise it won't be another 2 1/2 months before I write again! :)

Another milestone!

Tonight, Alaina learned how to ride a bike! We've been trying to get her to learn all summer. Finally, after hearing that her and another friend were the only two in their first grade class who didn't know how (and seeing Toby in action at the park today), it lit a fire.

So we hopped in the car with the bikes (of course we had to bring Cami's too!) and headed to the parking lot at the school I work at. After about 10 minutes of total frustration with Alaina's normal lack of confidence and desire to really try, I told her we were leaving and that I was disappointed in how easily she was giving up.

That did it. She decided she wanted to stay and try harder. And what do you know, she got it 5 minutes later!

I can't believe she's big enough to ride a bike without training wheels!

(I don't have pictures or video because we've done this so many times that we really didn't think she'd do it. I know, bad parents, but we didn't bring the camera because we didn't really think it would happen! So we'll take some pictures the next time we promise!)