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Andrew and Marissa have had a great time riding their bikes. Marissa was nervous about riding something with only two wheels, but then she saw a boy in her class that lives just down the street from us riding his bike. She is getting more daring every time she rides it. Andrew, as usual, was scaring me from the first time he tried his bike. He rides his bike on the sidewalk, grass, rocks...you name I'm sure if he hasn't tried riding his bike on it he will and soon. He falls a lot, but that doesn't seem to slow him down much. There is always another adventure he has to explore.

I know I am the mom and that I should always think that my kids are amazing, but my kids really are. I don't know how they got the idea to get into the toy bin. And Marissa is a very sweet sister to sit and read to Andrew.

As you might already know I went on a trip this last week for two days to try and find a job. I wasn't home for three mornings in a row to get Marissa ready for school. Before I left I asked Micah if he wanted me to show him how to put her hair up in a pony tail. He felt more comfortable with just brushing it out and putting a little gel in it to keep it from frizzing. When I got home and asked about how doing her hair had gone he said that her hair progressively got more tangled each morning when he brushed it out. I put her hair in a pony tail moments later and saw how broken and damaged most of her hair was. (I'm not saying it was perfect before I left she has needed a hair cut, but she wants "princess hair." So she really doesn't even like it when we tell her it is just a trim.) I guess when you add everything up: long hair that broken and damaged and loosing it's curl, a mommy who is more comfortable using pony tails, and three days of a daddy try...