The spring in Las Vegas is unpredictable. We have gone from days in the 90’s to back in the 60’s. And the wind!! One of the local weathermen said 2011 is in the top 10 for windiest springs on record. I do love that it stays lighter later and the evenings are pretty enjoyable.
One feature I really love about our house, is how open it is. We have quite a bit of tile and that has been great because I let Cooper and Cassidy have their bikes inside. Last year for their birthday I really wanted to get them trikes. I scoured through Craigslist searching for the perfect one. Well, I ended up with 5. I’m not sure exactly how it happened but it did and I am really ok with it. Each one has it’s own unique characteristic that is keeping it in the mix. And it comes in really handy when we have little friends over. Even Allie and Kara enjoy scrunching up on them and chasing Cooper and Cassidy around the house.
Cooper and Cassidy love wearing their helmets. Sometimes they’ll wear them around the house just for fun. They have only ever ridden indoors but lately, we’ve been able to spend more time outside and really put the bikes to use.
We must look like quite the spectacle. Some friends of ours gave us a bike trailer. Unfortunately the winter wasn’t kind to my bike or Paul’s bike. I need to get new tires or tubes for mine. So we haven’t been able to hook up the trailer. The kids were just itching to try it out, so Allie hooked it up to her bike.
They call it the ‘choo choo train’. I especially love it when Cassidy smiles so deliberately for the camera. That little girl has the sweetest face and such a great smile. She just cant seem to make it work for pictures though!
She must have got her training from Kara. Kiki insisted on posing for a mini photo shoot. I wanted to snap A picture of her. She kept wanting to do just one more. Ten pictures later I convinced her we had ‘the shoot’.
I just love seeing Coop and Cass riding in the street. It is so funny to see these two little people out on the big wide road. And they look like they are peddling so fast. For some reason they kind of remind me of bobble head toys. They kind of just bobble on down the street.
I had to drop something off at Bobbi’s house so Allie and Kara and Cooper rode their bikes and I pulled Cassidy along in the wagon. She wanted to ride her bike too but she only likes to do short distances and I was afraid she would tire out. I was also worried that Cooper wouldn’t be able to make it there and back and I wanted the wagon for him to be able to jump in if needed. He had a blast following behind Allie and Kara. (you can barely see the girls up ahead)
He made it all the way to Bobbi’s house. I had him get in the wagon on the way back because it was hot and very bright. I wasn’t sure what to do with his bike. I tried carrying it for a minute but that got old really quick. So I wedged it against the wagon and the handle and we made our way home.
Thank goodness for cell phones! It has been great to pull them out for the quick little snap shots. Almost all of our pictures have been taken with our cell phone cameras. Allie took this one on our way back from Bobbi’s. It was too bright for poor little Cass and Coop snagged one of the girls sunglasses!
I know we look like a circus train but we all love it!
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