After being gone all week last week, this week I have just wanted to be home. We did a few things that took us out and about, but we also did lots of playing at home and riding bikes on our street.
Both girls made big strides on their bike riding this week. Elsie is now independent in her riding. She learned that she can start and stop on her own and can turn around on our street while continuing to ride. Carrigan it turns out has been afraid to ride her bigger mountain bike. I knew I hadn't really seen her ride it, opting for a scooter instead, but I didn't realize until this week that that was because she was scared to ride it and in her mind she had decided that she would just never ride a bike again. After lots of persuading, I was able to get her to try it out. Turns out that she loves it and has been on it every day since. Merrick continues to love his e-bike and will take any excuse to be out on it.
I spent a lot of time in the yard this week. There is always much to be done. Right now we are enjoying our hydrangeas in full bloom as well as our lilies. I don't know what variety of lily they are but they are about 7 feet tall and absolutely gorgeous.
While hanging at home is fun, we also certainly had our bored times. The kids got creative with wall ball and my personal favorite, trying on an inflatable unicorn Halloween costume.
We did venture out a bit this week with a birthday party for some of Elsie's friends (twins).
Also this week, we made a few trips to the river. The boys all went on Wednesday for a Young Men's church activity. Then, on Friday, we went as a family with some friends of ours. Carrigan's good friend, Taylor, moved away at the start of the month, but things didn't work out with the move and they ended up coming back. We met them and another friend of C.C.'s at the river Friday evening. Merrick brought a friend too, just to make things fair. Elsie didn't have a friend, but was very contented playing in the sand and trying to build a sand castle.
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