Spring-time Fun

We've been having some fun lately with the nicer weather. It's easier to get outside and that's always nice. Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Ready to go "shopping" with her hat and ladybug purse

On Easter, it was nice out but a little chilly. Caroline got outside for awhile and kicked her ball around while we made dinner on the bbq.

After coming back inside, Greg helped Caroline make "stirred tea" with her new tea set. She likes to make tea, and definitely likes carrying around the spoons that came with it. She likes to carry all four of them at once.

Last week we visited Caroline's friend Natalie, and Natalie has a little stroller that Caroline really liked playing with. So when we went to the store, I got her one too. I knew she'd like it and she'd been having a rough week or two with being sick and getting her molars, so I figured she deserved something fun. Here she is pushing around her baby, and using an empty applesauce container (that she dug out of the recycling box) as a purse.

The nicer weather has also allowed us to dust off our bikes. Caroline's still too small for a bike of her own, but we wanted to be able to go on rides with her. So we thought we'd get a child seat to attach to our bikes. Seems easy, but what a pain that was. We found out that the rear child seats wouldn't attach to either of our bikes because we didn't have the necessary attach points. So instead of buying a new bike and the rear child seat ($$$), we decided to try this front-mount seat by iBert. We were skeptical about this seat at first...but we're really glad we got it. It was not only half the price of the rear mount seat, but it fits on both of our bikes and installs super quick and easy. It was also tricky finding a helmet to fit Caroline's head, but eventually we found one that worked. And it's cute too! So on Saturday we installed the bike seat, strapped the helmet on Caroline's head (which made her look like a character from Spaceballs with a giant head) and decided to go for a ride to a local park. This seat is not without it's faults....mainly that it makes it trickier for you to get on/off the bike and you have to ride with your knees splayed out a bit so that they don't hit the seat, but overall we're really happy with it. It's nice having her in front of us where we can see her, and point things out to her as we ride. She's got a better view too instead of having to look at our backs! But the main thing is that Caroline seems to love it. When we slow down or stop, she asks for more, more! She makes happy noises and claps her hands. So this seat was worth every penny. These pictures were taken before we went on our first ride. Now she gets excited when she sees her helmet, and definintely likes taking rides with us. I think we'll get a lot of use out of this. We took another ride yesterday evening around our local "lake" and she liked saying "hi" to the birds, dogs, and other people. Hope you're all enjoying the spring weather too!!!