Riding Bikes & An Eventful Dinner

Kyler has been begging and begging to go ride his bike ever since we brought his bike home. It was finally a nice day without wind and cold, where all of us could go to the park.  I can do many things by myself with three little boys, but taking them to the park and trying to teach two of them how to ride a bike and keep one entertained in the stroller is just not one of those things!!  We decided we would try to teach them both to ride without training wheels.  We figured we could always put them on if necessary.  Kyler is already getting better.  Kenney said every time he went around the park he got better!  He needs a lot more practice, but I think it will get here by summer time.  (We need extra time because we can only practice when Daddy is home).

Learning how to balance.

For the most part, he's got the steering and peddling down.

Daddy took a turn on the bike and chased two crazy boys!

These two have fairly similar personalities when it comes to this kind of stuff!

Oh yeah, Radley came too!

Damon's turn!

Damon still doesn't quite understand the peddling part yet.

I love how tiny his bike is compared to Kenney.

I think most moms at the park think I am a terrible mom.  They always get really nervous when Damon, and Kyler for that matter, start climbing things.  Honestly, I can't stop either of them.  Trust me, I have tried!!

Made it to the top!

We had a dinner to remember the other night!!  For the first time ever, Kyler ate his ENTIRE dinner!!  (I'm not including pizza, chicken nuggets, etc.  I mean 'real' food.)  We had a Keys' Family favorite, tator-tot casserole.  He also had a reasonable sized portion of peas and apple slices. He at ALL of it!!  Can you tell I'm excited?!?

For the last couple months, we have been trying to get Kyler to eat better, meaning something besides peanut butter and chicken nuggets.  There have been many nights he has gone to bed hungry, but he knows he needs to take at least one bite of dinner before he can leave the table.  This particular night, he decided that he would eat just the tator-tots (without the meat) and his peas to get a treat.  I was pretty sure he would actually like everything if he would just try it, so I made him a deal!  I told him if he ate everything on his plate I would get him ice cream with chocolate syrup.  Apparently that was all he needed to hear!!  He came up to me after he had his ice cream and said, "Mom, I'm full."  I think it was the first time in his entire life that he actually felt full!!

The video at the end was at the same dinner.  Radley has been difficult to feed, just like all of my babies.  He has decided he doesn't want to eat anything that is not sweet.  He will eat fruit of any kind, but absolutely hates veggies or anything that doesn't have a sweet enough flavor.  He loves table food, but he doesn't have any teeth yet, making it quite difficult to give him normal food.  I have tried mixing fruit into his vegetables, but that doesn't work.  I now try and trick him by giving one bite of fruit, so he will open his mouth, followed by a bite of veggies.  You will see how unsuccessful we have been!

I had to take a picture for proof, and I wanted him to know just how excited I was that he finally ate a 'real' dinner!!

Of course Damon ate all his dinner too, not quite as exciting, but still ice cream worthy!

I felt kinda bad because the ice cream was left over from an end of semester celebration for Kenney, before Christmas, but neither of the boys seemed to notice!

And this crazy-haired boy is just too cute not to add another picture!

It is seriously pathetic!