Adventures of a Modern Farm Family: A nice Monday

Yesterday was a beautiful day and the boys and I tried to take advantage of it. We spent part of the morning and afternoon playing outside. We played on the swings, in the sandbox, on the tree house, they rode the Gator around, visited the horses, and played in the yucky barn (it really isn't yucky).

Tally chasing down the boys hoping they will throw her new toy for her.

Practicing a new skill

Vince has been asking about getting a bike and learning to ride a bike a lot lately, so after church we stopped by the farm and grabbed a couple smaller bikes that we thought would work for him. We have tried bikes at Grandma's before, but his legs are just too short. We took both the bikes to the yucky barn so that the boys could try them out on cement. Sunday Vince was struggling a little, but on Monday he was a lot better. It is a struggle for him because his feet barely reach the pedals, but he is determined to ride a bike by himself. Joel has been using the other bike. He is way to little for it, but gets excited and yells "mine bike" when he sees it. If you weren't Joel's mother you probably would only understand the "mine" part but trust me the second word is supposed to be bike! Joel just likes to be pushed all around the barn and is so proud of himself.

I can do it too!

Steering is difficult because he has to turn the wheel each time he pedals so he can reach better.

Joel was yelling "Mommy." He wanted a push!

For weeks Vince has been talking about building a leaf pile to jump in. One of the plus sides to living in the country where it is pretty flat is that the wind usually just blows the leaves right out of your yard. Yesterday I figured we better give the leaf pile a try before it was too late. Plus as a kid I loved making leaf piles and would play in them for hours. I didn't want Vince to miss out. We raked up a fairly small pile of leaves, but Vince was thrilled and both the boys played in the pile for awhile! A very nice way to spend probably one of the last warm days of fall.