Life with Boose and Finch

Ro pretty much just finished learning how to ride a bike. He has a red 20” Specialized bike with handlebar brakes that he got for his birthday a few weeks ago. We never had him on training wheels. I just took the pedals off, he got used to gliding, and then finally seemed like he was ready for the pedaling movements. When B put the pedals back, he just took off and started going. He’ll use the brakes and put his feet down when he gets scared but we just remind him it’s a perfectly natural safety precaution and try again. I think it got 10k steps just running after him to make sure he was ok. He did a good job with positive self-talk as he went. He could have been completely derailed when he ran into the chain-link fence surrounding the park almost right away, scraped his knuckles a little bit, and got upset from being scared. After we were sure he was okay, he hopped back up, tried again, and got it.  B often thinks I don’t tell Ro “no” enough. I don’t know that there’s a right ans...

So, it ended up being much longer than I thought it would be between posts. Ro has his ballet recital exit last June after school ended. I asked if he wanted to keep going but he said he was done. He had played a dancing apple and kept in time the best out of all the little apples.   Between ballet and the summer camps, Ro had his first sleep over with his friend’s from his old daycare. Their mom was having surgery and so B and I offered to take her two kids while she and their dad prepared for her recovery. It was very loud, but it was nice to not have to entertain Ro all weekend. They want to have another sleepover soon, but my ears haven’t stopped ringing yet.  Fresno Unified did a deal this summer where you could sign up for week long summer day camps for free. Ro went to Camp ALTA the first week — a STEAM-focused deal at the Fresno Boys and Girls Club where he sprouted seeds, played games, built bottle rockets and patted farm animals. Since it was for most of the day, Gra...