A Daddy Job

I have now realized that I was never meant to teach anything having to do with riding a bike or tricycle for that matter.  Sarah is a bit behind in the pedaling department.  We have worked on it with a tricycle but she is now too big for it so today we bought a small and inexpensive purple bike with training wheels.  I thought maybe a slightly different "vehicle" might help her learn but such was not the case.  She just doesn't grasp the timing of when to push which foot and then gets frustrated and just pushes both feet.   She also has problems with steering and trying to learn to pedal at the same time.  We will just have to separate those lessons out I guess.  The biggest thing I learned this morning from our very brief lesson was that I do not have enough patience for this.  It's going to be a Daddy Job.  My lovely little girl was so nice when Mommy said "I'm sorry honey, I just don't have the patience for this.  It's not your fault.  We'll have Daddy help!" She just said Ok Mommy and let me take a picture of her on the bike and then we headed inside.

On a completely different note, last Wednesday was a special 

Mommy Breakfast at preschool.  We had muffins, fruit, juice, and coffee with our kids and then they sang a lovely song for us.  

It was hilarious to watch them try to remember the words, the hand signs, and pay attention all at the same time.  I must say that I don't think any of them fully succeeded at it which made it all the more wonderful and cute.  Our kids have all grown up so much and are now true, full blown preschoolers.  Following the song, the kids all showed us the beautiful glittery hearts they made.  We tried to get pictures but they pretty much ended up being only of their backs.  This is Sarah, Kiki, and Lizzie too busy getting glitter on their hands to smile for their Mommies.