Biking around the house

Today was really really cold!!! So Claire has her bike inside to still practice pedaling and pushing around. Hopefully she'll have pedalling down really well once spring gets here!
She's actually cooperating and looking at the camera more and more lately!

Now getting her to look and have a decent smile is another story...

She puts her baby on the back since her baby bike seat is on the back of my bike.

Biking along the Canal

On Sunday, we took a totally impromptu late-afternoon bike trip with our neighbors around the canal area:

Josh was a great sport and wore the diaper bag backpack for me!

Tante Anja and Claire! Claire loves her pink Princess Helmet, of course! I got this bike seat at a garage sale for only $5. YAY! They are $50 plus brand-new!

It was a good time, but there were too many people and dogs to have a good fast steady ride. I had to stop several times.

Here we are hiding the kids, but they were there...

Ahh! Here they are! Sophia has the same exact helmet as Claire and Amelia has cute panda one. I need to find a nice helmet for myself now!

It was the first time I'd been around that much of the canal area. I would not advise riding bikes though...too busy! It would be much better just walking or MAYBE rollerblading...but that's almost faster than biking, but you take up less room. We had a great time and didn't even get rained on. Anja rented a bike from the kiosk by the State Museum, and it was a really nice one.

Baby's First Bike Ride

Claire enjoyed her first bike ride on the back of my bike! I scored this baby bike seat at a garage sale for only $5! Woot!

She has become my Little Helper! She loves to help me transfer clothes from the washer to the dryer. She also hands me dishes from the dishwasher to put in the cupboards...minus the glass glasses and silverware! She loves to help and is so cute!

She has also discovered FUN WITH GRAVITY and has been enjoying throwing things down the stairs. Luckily, only small toys fit through the bars on the baby gate! :) I know she sees me throwing dirty clothes down so this is where she got the idea from!