Obstacles and Bikes

 Claire

We have had a few fun things happen this week. We were given a princess bike that someone didn't need anymore which is an upgrade for the old bike Claire used to ride, but that means she has to learn how to ride without training wheels! I don't know how well she will do before the snow starts to fall and we have to put it away for the winter, but we went to a church parking lot and Chris held on to her to start practicing. She was nervous for the first time, but when daddy didn't let her fall, she got more excited about doing laps around the lot and improved in at least confidence if not skill just yet. On her day off from school on Wednesday, she asked me to build her an obstacle course and I came up with a few things that made it fun. She specifically asked for the basket that could catch her which at first I wasn't sure was possible, but it worked out alright and it's been up all week now. She did a funny thing when she got home from school one day and asked for apple juice and an apple slice so she could put it on the side of her cup while she drank from it. Such a funny girl she is!

Shay

She was a little jealous that Claire got a new bike, so we might have to make her feel extra special by getting her an Elsa bike when she is ready to upgrade to no training wheels. I think she needs more practice with confidence on the bike she has though because she doesn't have the speed to make me think she can start to balance correctly. It breaks my heart that she feels left out by these kinds of things and I want to make her feel special too even though it seems that Claire gets all these new things like bikes and going to school. Hopefully being able to help Mommy with the baby after he comes will make her feel special and Claire will have to be the jealous one because she has school when Shay stays home with us. I think coming shopping with me all the time helps too, and she doesn't seem to be waiting around all day for Claire to get home because she plays on her own a lot and is content here at home for now, especially now that she can do the obstacle course without Claire in the way!