Biking In The Back

Badass Biker

4 Seconds A Day: May 2015

the month of the slide incidents

Breaking Out The Bike

Yuula broke out her bike and took to the roadways. Her little brother looks on and dreams of the days he can crash and burn too!

Mommy dressed for the occasion.

First Time On Four Wheels

Easter 2014

gets better every year

4 Seconds A Day: April 2014

I need another cameraman

Bubbles Be Blowing In Yer Face

I think, unsurprisingly, the biggest hit was the Little Mermaid bubble-blowing bicycle. And after I got past the back wheel not completely hitting ground, we managed to go for a dozen or a million rides on the street on in front of the house. On day one she did okay. But day two she really took off and pedaled all on her own. It was only on the last of fifteen or so tours that she finally crashed and called it a day. 

Learning to ride a bike in a long dress. She don't care.

Boys And Girls At Easter

Time to explore the different Easter activities of boys and girls

Boys cuddle babies

Girls peel eggs

Boys eat eggs

Girls do nails

Boys build rabbit huts

Girls ride bikes

Boys pet dogs

But girls and boys both play cupcake games

The Manic Hunt

The scene in the yard is peaceful, hanging gifts gently blowing in the wind and resting in the sun, some gently melting, some rolling from their hiding spots. But that would be the ruckus. Quiet. Bird chirps can be distinguished from one another. I heard a bumblebee. And then... 

 All hell breaks loose!

She was supposed to find her bike last, but apparently she sensed it from the front yard

Next year she'll have competition

Mermaid Madness

We must love our kid

Yuula wants a bicycle for Easter. She wants a very silly bicycle for Easter, covered in mermaid stickers with pink sparkles and that blows bubbles when she rides it. It's completely unreasonable and we almost talked ourselves into buying her a 'normal' bike that we could and down to future kids regardless of their stylistic integrities. But we cracked last minute and decided we'd get her the purple monstrosity. Only problem was, we couldn't find it anymore. Not anywhere near us anyhow. When I finally tracked it down at a Target about an hour or so from our house I bought it and told Laura we'd have to figure it out how we were going to get out there to pick it up. So when Laura got home from work on Thursday night, both still exhausted from a busy early week, we loaded up the children and headed out to pick up the bike. A quick errand with Susie and ham delivery we were off to some unknown backroads with taco bellies and the sun already setting. We got there and split up, her taking the kids and me dealing with the stealthy transfer of what I now call Mermaid Madness. We were tired, after 9pm, still over an hour from home, but at least she's getting her stupid bicycle. 

We must love our kid.

Testing The Bungee

This past weekend marked the 2013 Estler family vacation, and like any good vacation it started off with sweaty packing and a 5 hour drive of high anxiety. Mainly due to the fact that I had rigged up a rooftop bike rack and had no faith in its ability to actually hold the bikes upright, nonetheless down at 65mph. Only one way to find out...

We got down to the cape around 7pm, just after a brief stop to pick up the pillows we forgot, and not much later we were gathered around the table pounding some pizza pie and swiftly decreasing our alcoholic supply.

It was already a doozy

Practical Tuesday

I don't know why, it just was. Done with the drill, everyone seems pleased. I can have my evenings back and go to bed before 2. Like now. Feels good to be awake enough to enjoy lying in bed. Yuula's nursing with a stinkeye. Still cute. Watched a ton of Law & Order today. Seemed like they were all about babies. Shaken baby, fetal alcohol, 3rd trimester abortion..... I think, considering, we're doing pretty good. Talking about getting a bike with a baby seat. Family bicycle rides; that is very much something I look forward to.

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