One Big Step For Melissa Kind

We did it. After years of trying, we finally road our bikes together on Mission Trails. It was years in the making: having bikes for all of us, brushing up on biking skills for the Tabs, a proper carrier for Pip, a van big enough to transport all the bikes...it may be one insignificant step for human kind but it is one giant leap for this family.

That was this mornings activity. This afternoon Peter and I helped move Miranda and John into 380--yes it is all swimming pools and movie stars up there at 380. Then M&J took our family out to Joey's patio for supper. I am bursting with miso-ramen soup. Seriously, I don't want to eat for a week. 

School tomorrow--I am not ready. I am in my confused/summer state at the moment. Serious put-together student was last fall.

My girls are playing in the backyard with the neighbors. Peter is marking papers downstairs.

I hate the cat and miss my dog. The cat has no idea why I cannot stand him. He thinks it is fine to pee on our beds and sofas and carpets each and everyday. 

Mist spent the day with her friend Ashley and Tabs was a big help--the little doll babysat Pip and her two cousins while we (adults) all moved down the street. I came home to four happy little girls playing in Pip's room. And Pip having wet her pants because she was too absorbed in play to want to leave her room. And also, various dishes lying all over the house from various snacks Tabs had prepared for her charges throughout the afternoon.

Oh, and this little tidbit: a deer was behind Miranda's house while M and I set up her bed and through the window we watched as the creature squatted, yes SQUATTED to poop--just like a dog! Who knew?

The big girls just asked if they could go over to the neighbor's for a "Harry Potter" and "PJ" party. I said yes. They are sooo excited, it is amazing how much sheer joy children can discover in the simple life.