Wha? Wha? Whaaaaat?

Three months?!? Seriously? Can that be right? Have I really not posted anything on our poor little blog in OVER three months? Yikes.

I can't believe how busy this summer has been. I vaguely remember telling another mom at Rian's school how I was needing to make some plans and fill up our summer because I didn't want to be sitting around bored with two very energetic boys for our first summer here. Sheesh, guess I didn't have anything to worry about.

So yes, there are many stories to tell and wonderful pictures of our exciting summer to upload but I will have to get to those later.

Today something amazing happened. (Well, I think it's pretty amazing.) My 7-year old, incredible, funny, crazy smart boy started riding his two wheel bike. YAY!!! I have been trying all summer (not as diligent as I could have been but trying nonetheless) to teach him how to ride. I really wanted him to do it this year so badly. I want him to want this so badly. As a parent, one of the most difficult things I think we face is how to balance what we want for our kids and what they want or even the timing of what we/they want. (UGH)

So, I wanted him to ride a two wheel bike without training wheels last summer. We tried and tried but he wasn't ready. I wanted him to ride the first somewhat nice weather day this year but he wasn't ready. All summer, didn't want to do it. I wanted him to ride last week and he STILL WASN'T READY. But TODAY, he was ready!

Ethan helped by pushing his bike around, chasing Rian and keeping him on the move.

I kept trying to get a picture of Rian (ALONE) and this is what happens....

He's so proud. :)

Yay Rian!!