Very opinionated

Lula might be my most opinionated child yet. If she sees something she wants and she doesn't get it...she freaks!!! Some items wouldn't surprise you, like cake from the birthday party, cookies, or milk, but her latest must-have item is her new bicycle helmet. We were trying them on for size at REI last night and she HAD to have it!!

newly found...

makes it as good as new. The kids found these stickers Grandma Ann sent us and had a good time doing whatever with them.

Sam and Liv keep the stickers on their noses until shower time, but Lula, Chloë and I did not like the way it felt. Oh well it was fun at the time!

New trailer for Sam

Well, technically it is not for Sam, but he really wanted it. Sam always wants to ride his bike to school, but that is hard to do with the two little girls, so a bike trailer was the only way to get Sam to school on his bike with the girls.

Actually, I wanted the trailer so I could exercise and take the kids on rides. Last year I joined a swim team, which was great, but I felt like I was away from everyone for so long. It was good exercise for me; I might start it again. But for now I will take the younger kids on bike rides while the older kids are in school. In the picture below dad and the kids are putting it together for FHE. Our theme for tonight's FHE was Work, Play and Pray together (3 Nephi 18:21). We worked together to put the trailer on my bike so we can play and then we had a closing prayer!

****WARNING**** the picture below may cross the line for some manly men (cough,cough) Daniel.
You may or may not have noticed that we are gender unspecified around our house when it comes to some things, meaning Olivia wears her boy cousins' jammies and pants, Sam wears his sister's jammies and Chloë and Sam share pink and blue undies, Olivia likes Thomas the train and Sam likes Strawberry shortcake. So I did not think it would be a big deal for Sam to ride the bike as seen in the picture below. But apparently I have gone too far... Daniel does not want Sam to ride a pink bike. He (and Sam) plan on painting the bike this weekend! I am not sure how Daniel plans on masking the sparkly hearts on the BANANA seat or the heart tire tred! By the way, Sam LOVES the pink bike. When we arrived at school he said, "Teacher, do you want to see my new pink bike?" Then when school was over he said to his friend, "Hey James, do you want to see my new pink bike?" Maybe the fact that he LOVES his new PINK bike so much is what makes Daniel cringe.

By the way, this bike is a hand me down from a friend. I did not let Sam pick out a pink bike at the store.