September 21

This morning we went to church and then came home to play with Ethan's new birthday toys. We decided to take a family bike ride. Mommy hadn't been on her bike since she got pregnant with Emma and Emma is just now big enough to try to go for a ride.
We started out with Emma in the trailer and Ethan riding his own big boy bike around our neighborhood. Daddy was pulling Emma and she screamed the whole time so half way around, Mommy and Daddy traded bikes and Mommy pulled Emma the rest of the way home. Daddy, Ethan, and Trystan continued. Going down the big hill, Ethan got going too fast and rode into the grass where he flipped over top of his handle bars. Daddy said it scared Ethan and even scared him so Mommy is very glad she wasn't there to witness it.
Later we decided to give it one more try but this time Daddy wanted to ride our bikes all the way through the park and over to the playground. Ethan and Emma both rode in the trailer. They did very good once we got going. We had to stop several times before we even left the neighborhood so Mommy had her doubts. We had to prop a bottle up in Emma's mouth and then she stopped crying. I guess that it reminded her of the car. Here they are in the swings at the park.
On the way back, Ethan fell asleep and Emma didn't make a peep. She just chewed on the string to her dress the whole way home. Aren't they so sweet all snuggled up in their seats! (Of course we all know that this is only happening because Ethan is asleep and doesn't realize what is going on!)
Close up shot. Emma was enjoying her bonding time with her brother.

After the bike ride, Ethan wanted Daddy to push him on his swingset while Mommy cooked dinner. It was all downhill from there. Ethan started a screaming fit when we told him he could only take 9 cars into the bathtub instead of 19. He screamed the whole time in the tub, while he was getting his pj's on, and then in his bed for a grand total of about and hour. He finally settled down enough to stop screaming and cooperate so Mommy went in and wiped his nose and covered him back up so he could give up. Nite Nite! It is back to work for Mommy tomorrow. Last heard, there is still no power at Mommy's school so this could be interesting!
Ethan's fit part 2!