We went to Nana's house this weekend! It was so nice to relax, especially with Mitchell there to help entertain the kids. He had a blast helping Derek learn to ride a big boy bike. I can't believe it! My three-year-old is riding a bike WITHOUT training wheels! He basically jumped on and took right off. Mitchell has to help him on and give him a push, but then Derek takes over from there. He's more comfortable making a left turn than a right, but he gets the job done. He even had quite the bump that jolted his groin and all he did was jump up and hop around til he walked it off. What a tough kid! Nana has her house pretty much all set up for Halloween and it looks AWESOME! Derek had fun helping Nana hang up spider webs on the dining room chandelier and check some of the decorations for old batteries. Even Bryce got into the spirit of Halloween! My mom has a sound-activated witch hanging in the dining room and every time Bryce would screech for attention, he set off the witch's cackle and sassy comments which would, in turn, make him be quiet and look around for the source of the sounds. I'm so glad we live so close to my mom! The boys sure love Nana. :)
Hopping on the bike
Bryce found these fun star sunglasses in the bottom of the wagon. This kid loves sunglasses!
Nana pulled Bryce in the wagon while Mitchell helped Derek and I took pictures. :)
Working on the right turn
No matter how many falls, Derek hopped right back up and took off again
Check out the cool mowhawk helmet!
Groin check! :S
Bryce and Nana!
Bryce, Nana and Derek - they're so cute!
Enjoying the beautiful September afternoon
Nana helped Bryce go down the inflatable slide on the bouncy house
Bryce didn't like his bare feet touching the damp grass, haha!
Yep, still not a fan.
Bryce loves being lifted up though!
Derek got creative with the bouncy house, haha! Nice little hammock.
We even broke out the soccer ball to kick around!
Derek found a big grasshopper but wouldn't be persuaded (or bribed, lol) to catch it.
Halloween bat glasses!
Derek loves this spider. Also noise-activated, it plunges about two feet down a string and then noisily works its way back up. Bryce was quietly observant as he watched this little show.
Here is the noise-activated witch. Derek took this picture all by himself! He's so good with the camera now.
The "broken house." Derek was extremely concerned that this house was broken. The house was hit by lightning in a storm last month. My mom and Amy happened to be driving down a street parallel to this when the lightning bolt hit, though they weren't close enough to be hurt. Thankfully, the family was wasn't home at the time, but their house was basically destroyed. Derek was really scared tonight as I tucked him in bed and kept asking if our house would break. Poor kid.
