Bike Rides!

Last Saturday we spent the morning packaging up some product to ship to Amazon. That afternoon, while Guy was out running errands, Nico and I went for a bike ride. But first, a picture of Leafy the Cabbage.

Pictures by Nico.

This bike ride was on Friday. Guy and I and Nico went for a walk / bike ride. Nico was on his bike and Guy and I walked. Check out the green! It won't stay green for long!

This picture is from our bike ride on Saturday. This time Nico told me he wanted me to choose where we went, so I chose to stay in the neighborhood and head west. We ended up biking by our old place on Krall street, then turning around and coming home.

After we arrived home, we implemented an "open door" policy, it was the first time we tried it. I kept my door open and all the kids could choose where they wanted to play, whether the Clubhouse or the main house. Ivy hung out with me in the Clubhouse for a while but then settled next to Nico who was on their couch with their Tablet. Evelyn ended up downstairs watching Guy play video games.

Saturday night it was Guy's choice of movie, he chose a newer MST3K episode.

Monday we were invited over to someone's house for dinner and games, after Nico was done with swimming lessons. Olga and her husband are from Russia, and Olga is the kids pastor at our church. The pastor and his wife were also there, as well as the music pastors. Incredible food, including ice cream. We didn't have time to play games, though, since it was a late dinner and we had to get Nico home to bed.

Nico woke up this morning with teddy bear hair. It looks like teddy bear fur. He wanted to keep it like that for school but I made him comb it. Actually, I combed it. I pulled on it so hard he said, "Ouch! Watch out, that's me under that hair!" That is a quote from Three Stooges. Except instead of hair Shemp says "nail". Nico expertly adjusted it for the situation, and he didn't miss a beat.

This afternoon we went for a bike ride. Evelyn came with us. We stopped at Municipal Park for a bit.

Tonight was the book fair party at the school. Guy took him over there for a little bit after work. They bought tacos from the taco truck and Nico played on the playground. He said he wanted to buy a book but he didn't come home with anything.

That's it for this week!

Growing a Cabbage Plant, and Swimming Lessons!

Last Saturday was a busy day for us. We went through our hat rack and our shoe closet to organize and get rid of those things that we no longer wear or something that Nico grew out of. Our shoe closet looks great now!

Nico came home with a cabbage plant on Friday. The entire 3rd grade class was given a cabbage plant. They are supposed to grow them for 8-10 weeks, and then harvest them. After harvest, they are to be weighed and then pictured. It's a statewide thing (although they may do it in more than just Idaho?) The teacher chooses the best of her class, and enters it into a drawing. The winner gets $1000 scholarship. Nico named his cabbage plant "Leafy", and Jeff & Allicia let us plant him on the side of the house over by the back gate, on the other side. We planted him on Saturday.

As of today, he has one less leaf, and two of his other leaves are a tad eaten up. I mixed up an essential oil spray that he can use to repel pests, and we will give Leafy some plant food to help him grow.

Our church wrapped up their 24-hour Prayerathon by having an hour of corporate prayer with music and testimony on Saturday afternoon. All of us went. Afterward, it was time to start pizza! We watched Three Stooges, it was Nico's choice, and because Jeff & Allicia and family were out of town, we were able to watch it downstairs! The boys prefer the "New York" style crust, so that's the kind I've been making. (I prefer it too!)

Nico also spent some of the weekend working on his research project. He is transferring his data to Google Sheets, which he was already familiar with because he uses it at school. We were able to log in with his school email address and access his Google Sheets from home. 

Monday was his first night of swimming lessons. The downtown YMCA is a maze and Nico and I easily got lost trying to find the pool. It was a fun adventure and we finally made it. When Guy took him to his lesson on Wednesday, he picked up a map for me. Now we have a route of attack for next time, because after all that I still wasn't able to locate the locker rooms! But now I know where they are.

Nico asked me to put him into a swim CLASS and not private lessons. But for his first class, he was the only one there, so he got the instructor's undivided attention.

On Wednesday he told me that he wanted to do swim lessons EVERY day. That is quite a switch from where he was a week ago.

Nico has pulled out his Pokemon cards again. Him and I played an hour-long game on Tuesday after school (pictured below).

He has also been going through his huge binder of cards and alphabetizing them.

Next week is Nico's drama performance! He is excited. He has to wear all black so I just ordered him some black sweats and black long sleeve shirt from Amazon. He is King Lobster so I think he'll be in a lobster costume. Can't wait to see him perform!

I suppose that's it for this week!