Tuesday: and there he rides!

We made it to IHop today.  The kids seemed to love it as much as they were expecting to.  The service wasn't as slow as normal, so that was nice too.

I restrung some chairs today.  Joshua decided to come out and sit next to me.  We talked a bit, mainly about nothing.  I teased him he is a puppy, not a human.  He denied it, but by the end of the conversation he said he can switch back and forth between both.

Isaac tested the fluidity of cats.  Tornado was unimpressed, but also unharmed, by the experiment.

After supper Ben came out to see the bike riding skills.  Well, he started pushing Isaac a bit on his back, and Isaac could totally balance.  So we put the pedals back on.  Ben still ran with him a little bit, but after a circuit or two he was doing everything on his own!  Oh, he was so excited!  So Ben got out his bike and they biked around the lake.  While Isaac still can't hold a great line, he was able to do the 90deg corners without stopping!  Whoo-hoo!  (This means he has completed challenge number 2: bike around the lake with only reasonable stops.)

Not to be completely left out, we got out the bike with training wheels for Joshua.  He's a bit to small to use it as a balance bike, so for now he can just use it as pedal practice.  He's currently at about walking speed, so we went around the lake too.