I got to go with Oscar’s class yesterday (Thanks for watching Lucy, Chief!).
It was pretty much spectacular. The weather held, perfectly. Here’s my photos, with the point-n-shoot. (Talk about the wrong camera for bird watching!) I love Oscar’s class, and this was way too much fun. Lucky us!!
New holiday sheets for Oscar, in the pattern that I crave: Tartan.
I wish I could grow these, but I can’t. This photo is the next best thing!! Thanks Aunt Julie for sending them!
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Update:
The kids ended up going bike riding with Mark in GGP.
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Oscar and Lucy got to see their Great Grandmother tonight! That’s Chief’s mother, Dorothy (Jones) Stipovich.
She’s in town visiting my parents this weekend. I wish we could see her much more often!
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Yesterday we tried a new tactic in our ongoing mission to get Oscar to ride a bike.
Mark got a gyro wheel, which you use instead of training wheels. After school, I took the kids into Golden Gate Park for a little ‘first try”. It was not a playdate – Oscar requested “no other people”.
I must skeptically note that now the whole bike weighs in at about 200 lbs (it was heavy to begin with).
But the wheel was fun, and interesting! And it’s funner than riding around with training wheels! And it’s fun riding around period (Which he wasn’t doing on his own.) He just needs more time and space. We’ll try this weekend.
Here is Oscar on the bike (sorry for lack of photos – it was hard enough to manage the Lucy situation). You can see the new front wheel:
