We're Biking, Baby

We are hard at work squeezing the most out of the last days of summer that we can.

Blake is big enough for the bike seat this summer, and he loves to ride. He hogs the handlebars and leans into the turns, sings when we cruise around and hollers when we stop. Around the block isn't enough anymore, we have crisscrossed this town during our evening bike riding adventures.
Mason dealt me a tough blow when he told me he didn't really want to play fall soccer this year. He said he would go to just practices or just games, but not both. Ash decided he didn't want to play either (killing me!) but he changed his mind just before the deadline, so I will have at least four tot-soccer "games" to look forward to.

Both boys expressed an interest in Tae Kwon Do, so I took them to the ATA Blackbelt Academy to observe. Ashtons little legs were just itching to kick, jump and run, and Mase was mesmerized. After observation I let them go to a class to see how they liked it. Both Mason and Ashton LOVED the 'test' class, and we will try two more before committing to actual classes. I was so proud of both of them, they had to walk into a group of kids and instructors that they didn't know, who were all wearing Tae Kwon Do uniforms (they had jammies on) and try to do something they had never done before. I could see that Mason was feeling very vulnerable, but he stuck with it, again, SO PROUD! Ashton just had fun, he didn't see anything to be embarrassed or nervous about. He did manage to capture the hearts of the parent audience though, being the youngest and shortest child on the floor. He had every move completely wrong, but he did them with such effort that even the instructor couldn't bring herself to correct him.

Mason and I are in the middle of Alice in Wonderland. I'm really enjoying reading it to him, he thinks Alice is "A silly girl, and not so smart". I'm looking forward to the movie too! Speaking of movies, I took my big boys on a date to see G-force. Horrible, horrible horrible.