Family Bike Rides

Since the kids can bike a bit further now, we have done a few more family rides. We enjoy packing a lunch and then stopping somewhere along the path to eat. So far our longest trip has been twelve miles.

Daddy’s Birthday Cake

I think the pictures speak for themselves. It seems Elsie is going to take over for mom as the cake maker in the family.

Pottery Lessons

Elsie decided that a rainy day in May was a good day to teach daddy how to throw a pot on the wheel. She was a good teacher!

Foxes

We spotted three baby foxes playing out next to our neighbor’s shed. 





One of them has joined us for a couple of pit fires!

Last Day of School

Elsie started her summer break by having a virtual nail party with Aunt Nette and Aunt Carrie and her girls. Alstan hung out with us for a while before getting bored and moving on.

They both were excited to use their math books as fire starter to celebrate the start of summer vacation. Poor dad, the math teacher, had to sit by and watch.

Fifth Grade Graduation

Well, they didn’t have a ceremony since school was out, but Alstan’s teacher did drop off a surprise this morning. It is hard to believe he is going to be a Middle Schooler next year.

Baking from Scratch

We did not have any box cake mix, so Elsie decided to try a recipe from Pinterest. While Alstan is less into baking, he got sucked into the decorating. He watched from the sidelines originally just to see if he could sneak some frosting, but it didn’t take long before he was excited to help Elsie design a Spring Cake complete with a robin and its nest while a snake wraps itself on the branch. 

New Bikes!

Both kids were out growing their bikes, so dad surprised them with new bikes this morning. They were super thrilled to have bikes with gears! So, of course we had to go for a family bike ride.