Bike Riding

We got Karson the cutest trike for his 2nd birthday. It doesn't have any pedals, so it helps him learn how to balance. It should also work to strengthen his leg muscles, which will hopefully help him learn to walk. You can kind of tell in this picture, but he makes the "vroom, vroom" sound the whole time he's riding his trike. So cute!

So happy to be outside riding his new trike.

Vroom, Vroom! We really need to find a helmet small enough for Karson, so he can ride outside more often. So far, this is the only time he's ridden his trike outside because

as you can see with Justin, we insist on helmets. Safety first! :)

Trike riding is serious business.

Justin is long past riding a trike, but he hasn't quite figured out how to ride

his bike without the training wheels yet. Maybe next year.

Fall 2010

Matt and I planted a tree in our backyard a year or two after we bought our house, and it has really grown. It is an Autumn Blazing Maple, and the leaves turn the most beautiful shade of red every fall. Luckily, Matt reminded me to take pictures of the boys in the tree before we got all that crazy wind a couple weeks ago. The leaves had just turned red a few days earlier, and a few days after I took these pictures, all the leaves were gone. Good thing Matt was thinking ahead. :) Just one of the many reasons I love him.

Justin always loves having his picture taken in the tree, and I mean literally, up in the tree. The leaves are always prettier when they are still on the tree, so having him sit in the tree is really the only good option. Isn't he handsome?

Karson, on the other hand, did not want anything to do with being in the tree, so I settled for some pictures of Daddy holding him near the tree. This is his newest cheezy smile, and I love it. He could not be any cuter!

Two happy boys sitting beneath our beautiful tree. Karson was much happier having his feet on the ground. Maybe next year he will be more interested in sitting in the tree.