Big Girl BIKES!

We were going to wait for Santa...but the girl's knees were banging against their tricycles and they really, really, really love riding their bikes. So we took the girls to Target and let them pick out their first big girl bikes (with training wheels, of course!)! Our fashion diva, Riley of course picked a Disney Princess bike as she loves all things princesses and anything girly. Her bike has all of the princesses all over it and is pink and has streamers and she is in love with it. Reagan chose a Lightning McQueen bike from the movie CARS.  Ha! Classic. She loves it and says she's "blazing fast" on it. They are amazing on these things and are so proud of themselves.  I took them to the park with their bikes the other day and they rode all around this bike path before we played on the playground. They were so fast that I had to run really fast to catch up to them. Then this past weekend we took our first ever family bike ride. Matt and I couldn't get over the fact that the girls are old enough to be riding alongside of us on a bike ride. I don't think I've even been ON my bike since they were born! They rode all the way around our neighborhood which is about a mile and a half. They were tired at the end but had a ball and we were just amazed at what big girls we have!!!! Wahhh...they are growing up too fast!!! SLOW DOWN, TIME!!!
(Adding a picture in here from last week...Riley picked out the girl's outfits complete with their headbands and then asked me to go outside so that I could take their pictures and "send it to everyone" HA! We're in so much trouble!)!

SOCCER!! (for real this time!)

The girl's had their first soccer practice and game today! We signed them up for this wonderful program called I-9 Sports. It's designed to be easy on the parents and to encourage FUN above all else...no pressure, no stress and exactly what we're looking for in starting the girls out for their first organized sport! They practice for 30 minutes on Saturday mornings and then play 3 v 3 right after the practice. Matt is one of the assistant coaches and their two BEST friends, Nathan and Colin (both from their class at school) are on their team. Their coach is Coach Carlos and I honestly can't begin to tell you how amazing he was with all of the kids. They ALL listened to him, had fun and he was so patient. It was the perfect introduction! The girls had an absolute blast and it was so fun to watch them! Reagan really liked it and Riley absolutely LOVED every single thing about it! We were actually pretty impressed with them and their soccer skills and can't wait for next Saturday!

Surfer girl

We went to the beach last night after dinner with friends. They have a surfboard and Mr. David took Reagan out on it and she is officially HOOKED. She went over and over and over and over...never fell off and even attempted to stand up a few times. Riley was content with just playing on the boogie board on land (I don't blame her...much more my speed). We were so proud of Reagan for trying something new (and kind of scary!) and she just fell in love with it! She's asked numerous times today when she can go surfing again! Too fun!