Yesterday was a gorgeous summer day. We filled it with all wonderful summertime family activities. We started things off with a bike ride that was intended to be a family ride. We got about 1 mile into the ride and Chris rapidly realized that the twins have gained some weight since last summer in the bike trailer and adding to the weight, he needed air in both his bike tires and the trailer tires. They needed to turn back, but we quickly agreed that Jacob, Hannah and I would finish the trail ride and have them pick us up at a 2nd entrance for the trail. Hannah wasn't too keen about her new bike seat when we first put her in it. She wanted to ride in the trailer instead. She tried to throw a fit and cried for the first minute or two, but she quickly discovered she likes Mama's bike seat and was having fun. If I'd stop to let Jacob catch up or to discuss something on the trail, she'd push on my back and shout, "YO! YO!" which is her version of "Go! Go!" She fell asleep in it near the end of our ride, so I think it is safe to say she felt relaxed and enjoyed it.
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| This guy could ride all day long! |
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| "Yo! Yo!" Don't stop, Mama! |
After grilling out and just enjoying the yard, we decided we would take all the kids downtown to play in the fountains. We used to do this every summer with the kids, but last year, for some reason, the fountains were never on! We were excited to discover they were on earlier this week and couldn't wait to take the kids down to play. All of our kids have shown varying levels of a love-hate feeling toward the fountains, especially on their first trip. We were curious to see how Hannah would respond. I'll let the pictures do the talking....
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| Things started pretty mellow, though she did not hesitate to get in at all... |
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| Grace showed Hannah what it was all about. |
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| Getting warmed up... |
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| Getting more into it now.... |
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| Really finding her groove... |
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| This is seriously fun! |
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| They got really big near the end! |
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| Not afraid, even of the big ones! |
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| Ummmm....it took her all of about 2 minutes there before she started doing this.... |
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| Mama, this Southern China girl is FROZEN! |
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| Everyone is frozen and tired. Mission accomplished! |
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