Breakfast in bed

Yesterday, Joseph was the first to wake up just before 8am and he asked me what I was going to have for breakfast. I told him cereal, the next thing I knew he brought me breakfast in bed! He has such a serving and kind heart. He got himself breakfast and we ate it together in bed, it's times like this that you treasure. Katelynn woke up around 8:30am and he got her breakfast as well.
The kids don't normally sleep in this long, they are early risers usually by 7am if not earlier. With Jason out of town this week I still wanted to continue are routine of going to the walking track and park. I was impressed with Katelynn she walked 3/4 a mile and then hopped in the stroller, Joseph rode his bike the whole way around. After we were done walking/riding bikes we headed over to the park and the kids played until just before dark. Katelynn and a boy her age were chasing eachother and Joseph found some big kids to play with, they had alot of fun. Needless to say they were exhausted.

Katelynn

Well, our week has started out with a bang. Joseph was closing the door to the car this morning and Katelynn's fingers were shut in the door. She was screaming and Jason started saying oh oh oh pretty loud (thank goodness nobody was nearby, I still am laughing about his reaction as I type). Luckily the door wasn't locked yet so Jason was able to open it right away. Joseph felt horrible but I let him know it was an accident and that sister would be ok. We went and got her some ice and asked a nurse at church what she thought. She didn't think it looked broken and that the best thing we could do is put ice on it. Jason took Katelynn home to give her a pain reliever and keep ice on it until after church when they came back to pick us up. Katelynn was in a much better mood by now but she was still favoring her hurt hand. We kept asking her if she could bend it or straighten her finger but she never wanted to. Jason finally bribed her with animal crackers if she would make a fist with both hands, she did immediately. Jason was happy that her finger didn't look broken. It is still pretty swollen compared to her other fingers but it should go down soon and there is only a small area of black and blue at her first joint. She is using her hand more as time passes and with no time she will be back to normal.

The big 5

For Joseph's birthday he got a big boy bike. He was so excited he had wanted it since we took him to Wally world to try it out for size. The day of his birthday my dad and Katelynn wrapped his helmet. When he opened it he went straight to his money and started counting to see if he could get a Spiderman bike.

Little did he know a surprise was waiting for him downstairs. We told him to grab his money and we would go to the store to get the bike he wanted. Jason told Joseph to go into the office and grab his keys. Papa was waiting downstairs with the video camera so we could capture the moment. The look on his face when he saw the bike was priceless, he was so excited.

He had to wait to ride his bike because it had a flat but once Jason fixed it he got on a rode in the driveway. Our driveway isn't the best to learn how to ride a bike on so we took him to the park Monday night. He picked up quickly how to ride and zoomed off. Below is a picture of Katelynn trying to keep up with Joseph. We are going to make it a nightly routine to head to the walking track to let Joseph ride his bike and get some family exercise. We took Katelynn's tricycle last night but she prefers to run. I love it because when we get home we take baths, read books, and they are out like a light!