Bikes

Look at me!! Blogging twice in one week!! Don't get used to it though...this has just been an eventful week...and today was another fun day for us-today we got to buy the kiddies brand new bikes-Matthew got his first "big boy bike" with training wheels and a helmet, and Caitlin got a much needed upgrade. They were so happy-

Matthew hasn't quite gotten the hang of pedaling all that well yet...he has trouble going in one direction-he'll do fine and then all the sudden try to pedal backwards and inadvertantly hit the brakes. He was actually getting really frustrated because 1. he was exhausted from preschool, and 2. he is coming down with a nice little cold, which makes him extremely grumpy. He's napping right now, and im hoping he'll wake up fully recovered and very cheerful. :)

Preschool went very well for both of the kids-Caitlin was already talking about the "new special friends" in her class (those who were not in her class last year) and managed to find someone to play on the seesaw with on the first day! (for my shy little Caitlin this is quite a feat). She seemed to like her teacher (who has a soccer ball whistle..wow!) and is looking forward to going back on Monday. Matthew really enjoyed going as well-according to one of the teachers he's already got a best friend...Drew...who i think is the only other boy in the class. He also has a friend named Caitlin...how cute. Apparently though, the highlight of his day was finding an airplane in his classroom. It pretty much doesn't get any better than that for Matthew.

We are headed up to the mountains tomorrow for a day of hiking and picnicking...so hopefully i'll have some new pictures next week.