Happy Mother's Day

What a great Mother’s Day! Aaron made me French toast for breakfast and cleaned the kitchen. Then, the mail came and we excitedly opened our new camera. Later in the afternoon, I used it to take these shots of the boys. We actually bought the bike for Holt a couple of weeks ago. He’s still a bit short for it, but he tries really hard to ride it. In fact, he tries so hard that he usually forgets to steer! As for Ridge, well, after watching Ryuya learn how to ride his bike sans training wheels he just had to join the club. So, Aaron took ‘em off today and Ridge worked really, really hard to ride. He does well so long as he doesn’t have to turn or get himself going on his own. I’m amazed at his tenacity! I’m sure that having Ryuya buzzing past him on his two wheels was a good motivator.

Here’s some other photos from the day:

Holt during nap
Ridge riding without training wheels
Ryuya flying past
Holt is giving Wakava a little push Wakava lives one house down and is Ryuya's cousin. She's also a little too small yet for her bike. She and Holt are in the same class at school.
The family walking down the street We decided to have another barbeque with our little hibachi, so Aaron and the boys are walking to the Taniguchi house down there at the end of the street. Grandpa Taniguchi makes and sells charcoal. Grandma and Grandpa Otosaka were also out enjoying the day and watching the boys ride their bikes. You can see Grandma Otosaka squatting next to Ryuya's little sister, Sacha.