Fireworks and Tricycles

Let me start this by saying that David is OBSESSED with riding his tricycle. He will ride it all day long, if I let him. He rides it in the morning, zipping out of the garage to go get the newspaper. He goes into the garage to ride around in circles. He wants to bring it to the grocery store to ride while we're there. He loves the thing. As soon as he wakes up in the morning he wants to put his shoes on and go ride. This was him at 6:45 this morning, in the driveway riding his tricycle in his pajamas.

Henry has moved into his big boy bed. He calls it his "good boy bed". Good boy was debatable when he first slept in it for his nap on Friday afternoon. . . he and David were WILD for the two hours they were in their room. They pulled half the clothes out of the dresser, most of the books from the bookshelf, there were diapers and toys everywhere, mattresses off the beds -- it was a disaster! That night, since nobody napped, they were exhausted and went right to sleep. However, Henry got up at 5:30 yesterday morning. It will take him a while to get used to it, I'm sure, but he's doing well. He slept this morning until after 7:30.

We went to the Smyrna fireworks last night with our friends Julie & Darrell and their little boy JT and Nicole and Joe and their little boy Matthew. We got there at 5:30, had a big picnic, and the fireworks started at around 9. There were lots of activities for the kids to do, but we mostly just played where we had our blanket and chairs set up. We went to the playground for a little while, checked out the fire trucks, and climbed all over a Black Hawk helicopter. The boys loved that. They were also pretty content to just swing from the trees, play in the ditch, and wave their flags around each other's faces. They LOVED when the helicopter took off, and they kept referring to it as "Harold" from the Thomas books and movies. We had a really nice time, and I was very pleasantly surprised at how well the boys all behaved being up so late. David and Henry really enjoyed the fireworks, and it was the first time they've seen them and actually been old enough to know what's going on. Henry kept saying, "WOW! Das a BIG one!" each time he saw one. It was cute.

Here's a link to some pictures of Henry sleeping on the couch, the boys playing at the fireworks, and David trucking around on his tricycle. http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=167233343/a=22991490_22991490/t_=22991490