Saturday, January 07, 2012

Happy New Year & Bike Riding!


Our New Years was totally low-key… we spent the evening at home, and then celebrated on Sunday morning with donuts and sparkling grape juice!  Not much to write about, but it was a perfect way to start a new year for us- with family!  And Laney LOVES the sparkling grape juice, so that’s all she needed!

“CHEESE!”

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Crash and her sparkling grape juice!

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Happy New Year from the Lootens!

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On another note… Laney got her first bike for Christmas this year from Grandma & Grandpa Price, and it’s been so beautiful lately, we found a day to take it for a spin.  So glad we live on a cul de sac, because we just got out there in the middle of the road, and only had one car drive by! 

Laney did really well; she got the pedaling backwards to break down pretty quickly, and did better pedaling forwards than I expected.  If she was just a little bit taller, she would have an easier job of it, but she did really well for her first time on a big girl bike!  She’s not always the most determined or persistent when it comes to learning new things, so I was proud of how hard she worked to get it down.  By next spring, I bet she’s all over the place.  Now we just need to get her a helmet! 

Just starting out… looking a little rough, but it was a Saturday at home, dressing & hair brushing was not a requirement for the day! :)

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Calm and collected on the move!

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So big!!

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She couldn’t have done it without the loving support of her kangaroo, who had to have a front row seat to everything before she’d even get started!

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Not to leave Audrey out, I brought her little riding toy out, too!

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My beautiful girls, getting so big!

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2 comments:

Chuck Price said...

Very cool! Your cul-de-sac is the perfect place to learn to ride a bike!

Chuck Price said...

Oops...it was me (not Dad) that left that comment.

-Mom