I think we are in heaven...

On Friday night at dinner time I suggested that we go on a family bike ride that night. We got to the greenway at about 8pm and had a fun time with each other. Neil pulled all the kids in our bike trailer and I got to ride a bike for the first time since my accident 5 years ago! It was pretty fun. Neil made sure I knew where the brakes were before we started out... :0)We put all 3 kids in the trailor. Brendan and Eliza were strapped in and Lincoln was stuffed under blankets and a boppy pillow. I don't know how much longer we will be able to do this because once he can climb...hmmm. I don't even want to think what could happen.We rode for just a little bit and then came upon a cute park. It reminded Brendan and I of Baker Park in New Castle except it was a lot bigger! We had fun playing for a little bit. When it was dark we got back on our bikes and rode back to our car. The bike lights really helped out a lot. We especially enjoyed using them because Neil got such a screaming deal on them at Fred Meyer. They each cost $0.04! This picture was taken in the dark and the flash was really bright so I think it caught everyone off-gaurd. But we had a lot of fun! We haven't ever been on a family bike ride because one of the bikes needed to be fixed. Grandpa and Troy helped Neil fix it while they were here over Easter. Thank You! So when I went to take everyone out of the trailer and put them back into the car, I opened it up and Lincoln was just sitting there with his fingers in his mouth, surrounded by warm blankets (it was kind of cold). I said, "Well it looks like you are just in heaven, Lincoln!" Brendan then said, "I'm heaven, too. And Eliza is heaven. And you are heaven. And Daddy, you are heaven too." My heart was touched. Being together as a family is heaven!

Lincoln is getting to be such a big boy. I can't believe that he is almost 6 months old already!

Choices

About 4 nights ago I was trying to get the kids to bed. Neil had already gone back to school and Lincoln was pretty tired. He was screaming in the other room and I was hurrying as fast as I could to get jammies on and get everyone ready for prayers so that I could take care of the little one. I asked Brendan to go take Lincoln a toy (even though I knew that it was a ways past the be entertained by a toy cry) and to tell him that I would be right there as soon as I was done.
Brendan came back from completing his task...and reported:
"Mom, I gave Lincoln two choices. The choice that mommy would come in just a second and the choice that mommy would be there soon."
I thought those were some pretty good choices. I wonder why Lincoln didn't stop crying when he heard them. My little Brendan is growning up!

It's a good thing that I love her...

Eliza really is something else today. I wish I had taken a picture but I was just too upset at the time to really laugh about it.
Lincoln had been crying all morning and I had finally gotten him to settle down and take a nap. He was lying on the couch instead of in his bed (probably my first mistake) but he was sleeping. Eliza said that she would like to color with a pencil which really meant a pen and I gave into her (my second mistake) but I needed some down time with the computer. So I handed her a pen and paper and told her to go into the living room to color a picture.
She colored a picture...and then decided to color all over Lincoln's face...hmmm.
I was fuming and Lincoln was awake now and all I could think was "It's a good thing I love you, Eliza...or your name would be mud!"

This picture was taken on a different day...one where they liked each other.