Preparation

This evening Nico and I prepared for Guy's birthday tomorrow by making him a pumpkin pie and also making him a card. One from each of us. Nico really enjoys dumping things into bowls with spoons, so he enjoyed dumping the sugar and other spices into the mixing bowl for the pumpkin pie. Every morning he also helps me start laundry by dumping the detergent into the washer for me. He is a good helper.

The picture is from this morning. We went to the Botanical Garden with Allicia and Evie (and Liz and Miles were there too). We got in free because their pass allows one guest. All of the scarecrows are up, and the weather was mild and pleasant. We had a lot of fun. Allicia shared some of Evie's cheese with Nico.

Train

Went to Barnes and Noble tonight and Nico played with the toy train while I read a book about gardening. We ran into the little boy Miles that Nico played with once. Him and his mom (Liz) and dad were also there.

Striders Striders Everywhere

Picture is of Nico watching a video of a child riding a Strider bike.

This morning we hung out with Allicia and Evie and another mom and baby. Come to find out that Evie and the other child, Miles, both had Strider bikes, too!

In the evening, Nico and I went out and took a walk with his Strider bike. He wanted me to be on my bike, too, so I brought my bike out and just walked next to it. Nico actually walked on his Strider bike the entire time (instead of wanting to be carried most of the way), we went around the block and were gone for 45 minutes. I think I will raise the seat a bit on his bike because I think it may be too low and that's why he hasn't thought to sit on it yet.