Last days of summer

I was looking through a few photos on the computer and saw a few that hadn't been shared of what we've been up to for the past few weeks.  Here's how our last bit of summer vacation went down.

Some friends of ours live in the Blue Ridge neighborhood and invited us to spend time down at the beach with them. It was a beautiful evening spent with lovely friends.

 Cleaning their feet.

 We signed up Daniel for a week-long swimming lesson session. He had a great time, as usual.

Barbecue down at Nana and Papa's house with the cousins!

 Five of the six local cousins with Great Grandpa Milt on his birthday.

 Riding bikes up and down the block is getting pretty boring (for Daniel, especially), so we packed the bikes up one day and took them to the cemetery to practice riding. It went really well, however we chose one of the hottest days of summer to go, and we didn't last long.

 These two spent an incredible amount of time in the pool this summer. Toward the end of the summer we ended up being a "clothing optional" operation. They loved it. :)

 For whatever reason, we never made it down to the wading pool down at greenlake until last week.  We went a few days in a row and the boys had such a great time floating and splashing around.

Daniel was very kind and gave his brothers rides.

 Nothing beats a little poolside snack. 

Aaron learned to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" this summer. This is his goofy rendition.

 So long, summer! We had a wonderful time filled with water play, friends and lots of cool treats. Can't wait for another fun summer next year!

Bike-capades

We have been biking fools lately. These boys love to ride--bikes, trikes, scooters, gliders--anything with wheels. We're out almost every day, sometimes twice a day, going up and down the block, and all that practice is really paying off...

Matthew on the glider. (This is actually one of his shakier rides...he's getting really good at coasting all the way from "the jungle" toward the end of the block all the way down to our house).

Daniel likes being able to turn around in the empty driveway next to us, instead of getting off his bike and turning it around.

This one is our favorite...Aaron has learned how to pedal the tricycle all by himself!

Sidewalk Races

Yesterday we spent the morning out on the sidewalk with our many different vehicles. It was a big day: Aaron learned how to use Matthew's scooter by himself and Matthew finally figured out how to pedal the tricycle (steering while pedaling is the next goal). The boys have so much fun riding from the corner of our block to "the jungle"--an area up the street from us with bamboo and overgrown plants lining the sidewalk.

And they're off! 

 Daniel laps Matthew in the cozy coupe.

 Matthew doesn't seem to mind.

 Here comes Aaron on the scooter!

As usual, Daniel takes it to the next level: towing the wagon with the glider bike as cargo.

This may look like a sweet moment, but don't be fooled--Matthew was escorting Aaron back to the garage so that he could have a turn with the scooter instead.

There he goes again!