Happy Birthday To Me!

The highlights of my week prior to Saturday were a CT scan and colonoscopy.  Then on Friday I had to stop at the DMV to renew my license.  I was very fortunate that the lady at the DMV was nice and gave me lots of hints on the signs because I didn't do so well on my own. Fortunately she renewed my license for 8 years.  However, as backup, Dan got me the lovely Pink Schwinn Cruiser bike you see above.  Caleb and Elton took me shopping for the basket and helmet as my present from them and Oliver.

What was totally awesome, was that Saturday morning while I was gone, Caleb and Elton finally mastered riding their bikes without training wheels.  At the beginning of summer I had told them that I really wanted them to learn to ride their bikes without training wheels.  I had been telling them I wanted a pink bike so we could go riding together.  Caleb is totally going on his own while Elton needs help getting rolling and then is off and pedalling just fine.  I tole them that the best birthday gift was them learning and being able to ride their bikes with me.  Now that they have figured it out they are even excited about riding there bikes.  Before they would just get discouraged.  After dinner tonight we went for a little bike ride and I can't believe how much they have improved just in the last day.  Then, because we didn't want daddy to be left out, he got his birthday gift a little early and also got a cruiser bike.  Now we just need to get Oliver pedalling on his tricycle and we will be set.