Typing! And MORE biking!
I managed to hold Catherine off throughout most of the day due to the cold wind--it was gorgeous all week, but that cold wind just didn't do it for me. Anyway, at least that allowed me to completely finish all of my minute-writing tasks, so at least that part of my workweek is nicely laid by.
THEN COMES THE BIKE RIDING.
My original intent had been to get the kids outside to the kiddy park all week so they could play, but this turned out to be even better since it didn't require me to go anywhere.
Thursday, Rebecca got her bike out and she and Boy and Cat all three had a several-hour long game of tag on the street in front of the house. Rebecca has gotten so tall now that her little bike looks lost underneath her, so I decided I'd get Reba's bike off the back porch, air up the (quite dry-rotted) tires, change out the (quite-dry rotted cushioned seat) and see if Rebecca could use it any better. After a great deal of Liquid Wrench had been sprayed to break up the huge amount of rust on the moving parts, I finally got it moving again and let Rebecca try it. She wasn't very comfortable, and all the gears and such made her confused. So, back to their regular bikes.
Ride, ride, ride, ride. "Hey, aren't y'all tired yet?"
"NOOOOOOO!"
::sigh::
They did very well, though, aside from one minor mishap where Jonathan decided to cross the street in front of an oncoming car. Luckily, they were going slow, but he got a good chewing out about it from Dad. He did better the next day.
WHICH, surprise of surprises, Reba got to take off as well! Seems that although her boss had been on vacation all week, she burned up Reba's phone line with near-constant micromanagement updates. But, out of some sense of shame or obligation, she decided to let Reba have Friday off to make up for it, so that was just fine.
Although I knew it would create actual work for me.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at March 27, 2006 12:19 PM