Out for a ride

View from trail to Picnic Point

We had beautiful weather this weekend so we spent a lot of time outside - hitting the farmer's market, playing outside with friends and a birthday party at a local splash park (the party included hula-hoop lessons for the kids and the grown-ups and both Ken and I got out there along with Owen for some hooping. Sorry, we left the camera at home!). Saturday afternoon we decided to give Zora a ride in the bike trailer for the first time and all go for a bike ride. Earlier this winter we sold our single Chariot bike trailer and Ken got a double Chariot through a deal at REI. We were thinking that with 2 kids now we would need the double trailer. Well, since Owen took off his training wheels, he is not so interested in riding in the trailer and wants to ride his bike everywhere. So now Zora is sitting in the middle of our big double trailer. It has worked out ok so far, but we haven't gone too far yet. I'm thinking keeping our single trailer and buying a trail-a-bike for Owen may have been a better plan. Live and learn. Owen is actually pretty fast on his little bike and Ken has already mentioned that he thinks Owen needs a new bike with gears. "Do you know how fast he could go if he had gears?" If you ask me, he is going plenty fast already! (yes, this is just a month after he bought Owen his current bike. Don't get me started).

We just went for a short ride to Picnic Point since it was Zora's first ride. We stopped and played a bit by the lake (Mendota) where Owen took some pictures before we rode back home. Everytime the camera comes out lately, Owen wants to take some pictures. Of course he has a Fisher Price kids digital camera that we found on craigslist last fall, but it really is hard to see what you are taking a picture of on that screen and I still haven't installed the software so we can download pictures off of the thing. Our camera is on it's last legs anyway making a horrible sound everytime the lens goes in or out so I figure there is not much harm in letting him use it and it's pretty fun to see the results. I think Ken and Owen both wanted to go for a longer ride but Zora was tired so we headed back home. Zora wasn't crazy about the helmet but she seemed to like the trailer ok as long as it was moving. Everytime Ken stopped, she had something to say about it. That's our girl.

Here are a few of the pictures Owen took:

Zora finds a piece of bark and...

puts it in her mouth. At least Ken is paying attention enough to try to remove it.

Owen playing on the rocks (Owen didn't take this one, obviously).

Me and the kiddos by the lake (or this one).