We have our first scraped knees

B was pushing his lawnmower a little too fast down the driveway, and his feet couldn’t keep up.  And me being the bad mom I am, of course, had to document it.  Don’t worry, once we got inside, he milked it for all it was worth.  1 mickey and a bath later, he is all cleaned up and in bed.  If only he knew that those poor knees are probably going to get much more abuse in the fun, summer days to come!

We have been trying to buy B a bike for MONTHS now.  Everytime we go to the store he throws a fit and doesn’t want one.  Well, he found out that Heidi (his cousin) has a bike, and he had to ride it while we were at their house last week.  So of course, he had to get one.  The one stipulation, Grandma said he had to have a helmet, and he wanted a PINK helmet.  I told him we would have to ask Daddy, and he started screaming “NO!  Daddy is not here!  I want a PINK helmet!  Daddy is not here!”  So he obviously knows that Daddy doesn’t like him to like pink   Which I think is totally absurd.

We had the day off yesterday and had an amazing day.  We went to the zoo, went to the P&G Hangar at Lunken to have lunch with Grandma Kathy, then we went to buy a bike.  We got the only trike they had, which luckily is the one I wanted for him.  Then it was time to pick out a helmet.  Of course, at first he said pink, but he settled with yellow.

When we got home, he went down for a nap, and when he woke up, he had obviously forgotten about his bike (very unusual, he usually wakes up remembering EXACTLY what he wants to do).  We were sitting on the couch eating a snack, and about 15 minutes later he looked at me and said “Where’s my bike?” Of course, the whole time I was waiting for it, so we went outside (camera in hand of course), strapped on his helmet to no complaint, and examined this bike UP AND DOWN.  Seriously, he would walk around it, touch it, ask me what the various parts were, sit on it, move it around a little, get up and examine some more.  After about 15 minutes, he said “This is not my bike, take it back to the store.  This is a baby boy bike“.  I explained to him that this was his bike, and it was a big boy bike, so I think we are all good now.

Without further ado….The Bike Exam.

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A picture of some amazing tulips….for all the amazing moms in our lives

We had an awesome day, even though the weather didn’t cooperate.  I started by getting woken by my little man screaming “Happy Mommy’s Day Mom!” while struggling to get on the bed with a card.  We picked up Grandma Beth and went to First watch for some yummy breakfast, then headed to the Krohn Conservatory for the Butterfly show.  It was beautiful, but crowded, and B was scared of the butterflies!  We then went home and took a LONG nap, then picked Grandma back up and went to Papa Nick and Grandma Kathy’s house for dinner.  It was a wonderful day.

Happy Mother’s Day to our 2 amazing mothers.  We love you so much.  Thank you for everything, we couldn’t be more grateful to have you in our lives.  We are so lucky.

I hope everyone had a wonderful day, and are as lucky in life as we are!

More pictures from the butterfly show to follow, as well as final pictures of our landscaping that is finally complete!