Today Jack achieved a big milestone – riding a bike by himself!
One of my summer goals was to get Jack riding a bike like a proper first grader. We worked on it most days. I realized his bike we got for his 5th birthday is just too big for him to handle. I got a glider from craigslist to teach him to coast, then a medium sized bike also from craigslist as a step in between. Now we have a ridiculous pile of bikes in the garage, but I know Sam will use them all too it’s justified!
Jack overcame a lot of fears for this. He was poorly motivated to learn, but tonight we couldn’t get him off it. He finally got that awesome sense of speed and freedom that a kid feels on a bike.
I haven’t played video games in a long time. I have other things I’d rather be doing with my free time (mostly knitting). But this new game has sucked me in.
I downloaded the free Pokemon Go app for Jack, but very quickly realized the game was for me.
It’s really a great game. Despite how (very VERY) buggy it is, I’ve been playing it nonstop for three days. I don’t feel bad about that, because the game requires you to walk and explore the town in order to play. Here’s my screenshot and selfie in play:
Read more about the game on your own; I won’t bother to explain it thoroughly here. I will say that not only is the game addicting, it’s exercise, and a social activity. We can’t believe how many people are playing! We just came back from one of our local playgrounds and 4 out of every 5 people we saw were also playing!
Plus, it’s been great for Ben and I to have something to share about between us.
If you know anything about the game, then be excited for these screenshots:
I’m a gym leader!!
Probably not for long. The Arvada center was a CRAZY busy place. Tons of pokestops, tons of players. We even stopped to chat with a family who had taken their bull Python out for a stroll while they hunt Pokemon. Sam loved that
We spent the holiday in Grand Junction visiting both Waterhouses and Masons. The kids had a blast! I didn’t take too many pictures, but I have these at least:
Sam nodded off before we crossed the town border on our way home on the 4th.
Within an hour of leaving I got this photo. So glad it got done! Sad I couldn’t do it all while I was there though. I picked on too big for the weekend.
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