out for a ride

i love our primary activity days sessions for our kids, they are so fun and i love the ideas they have been coming up with. at the beginning of the year, they did some brainstorming about some ideas they'd like to work with for some fun and someone suggested they'd like to just go for a bike ride. so today, that's what they did. all the kids met at one of the local parks and learned some street safety when riding, basic bike maintenance and then did some laps. 

i have never regretted buying the outlander and today was a good reminder of why, with madeline in the front, alex behind me and joseph in the back back seat behind alex, i managed to get both the kids bikes in the back, one on top of the other and then squash alex's try bike in there too. it was rough, but i managed it. so proud. 

they had the best time with each other and (hopefully) learned a lot

and this guy loved it the most. he went speeding about the place on his little bike and was so fast. i tried to get him to come back to the car multiple times when it was time to go, but ended up having to carry him and the bike, while he screamed at me, back to the car. what a hard life. clearly he loves his bike though, so at least we are winning there.

a walk with the boys

while maddie has been off enjoying a sleepover at the pinkers, joseph was miserable because he wanted to be there too. it was almost funny, but i started to feel sorry for him when he kept asking over and over when maddie was coming home. so i found him something to do yesterday that would entertain him for a couple of hours.

i bundled both the boys up into the car along with the pram and josephs little bike and drove out to the old train tunnel in swan view. joseph has been dabbling with riding the bike without training wheels for a while, but just wasn't committing to it, but recently he's been riding around the grass at the park and getting his confidence up so i figured it may do him some good.

i wasn't wrong! the minute we go onto the walking trail, he was off, leaving me behind in his dust as i pushed alex along. we got to the tunnel and actually walked all the way through (last time we came almost two years ago he was having none of it) which i will never do again with a pram, because it was near on impossible... i ended up having to swap the handle over and put the big wheels first, but it was worth the effort to make the boys happy.

success! out the other side. we set off again and joseph rode along 50 or so metres in front of me the whole time like he was embarrassed to be seen with me haha.

eventually i told him it was time to turn around so that we didn't get too far from the car and risk him complaining the whole way back and the little monkey sped off and took the trail back while i freaked out the entire walk back because i couldn't see him and worried he could have gotten lost or fallen down the drop down by the path. ohhhh being a mum is scary sometimes.

but... when i finally made it back there he was sitting patiently on a rock by the carpark. i was unimpressed, but very grateful he was safe.

we did have a lovely afternoon though and i was so impressed with joseph's newfound riding ability. it won't be long before he's got it perfect!

joseph's favourite part was when i let him climb up this giant rock and stand on the top where he could see for ages.

i guess being a boy mum isn't all that bad. ❤