A ray of sunshine

Last week we had a few rare days of sunshine (I miss TX sniff, sniff!). So, I forced my hermit-we-hate-the-cold family outside to finally break in their new bikes Santa brought them. It only lasted about 30 mins but Hey! It was fun! (and cold!)

Zechariah got a 20in bike with NO training wheels. He tried to ride it while I held onto the back of it but since he couldn't master it quickly, he rode his scooter instead. Sigh Maybe if I keep at it, he'll eventually want to and get it. His 6 yr old cousin rides a 2 wheeler bike like a champ and I even tried the whole, "Don't you want to ride a bike like William?" and the "William is younger than you and he can ride a bike!". One good thing about Zechariah: he does not succumb to peer pressure! :)

Gabriel absolutely LOVED his new bike (with training wheels). What a gorgeous smile!

Speaking of smiles... HOLY COW!!! This kid could melt anyone's heart. Ammon did not get a bike for Christmas since we have 2 in his size but he had fun anyway.

Oh brotherly love! (This is totally posed. Ammon and Gabriel fight ALL the time!)

The next day was so nice that I walked to Zech's school to pick him up and then forced the boys to walk to the park with me where I did not bring my camera :( It was fun though and I'm glad we went! There is a lake/pond in the center of our neighborhood and a trail around it and a small play area for the kids too. We walked around the lake and watched the Candian Geese walk on the ice to the center of the lake where it was unfrozen and swim there. BRRRRRRR!!!! We also watched (in horror!) as 2 young boys ran across the entire lake. I just prayed the ice didn't give and they fall in. There would be NO way I could've gotten to them. Come to find out, one of them goes to church with me. Should I tell his mom? My kids wanted to do it too where I abruptly said NO! only for them to ask why and I was able to give a science lesson on water, ice, weight, pressure, death, hypothermia, etc. (you get the idea) Needless to say, they no longer wanted to gamble with walking across the frozen? lake.

I hope it gets warm soon. I hate the cold.