Wheels Day

Yesterday was Wheels Day at Anna's school. I wish I had photos of all the kids riding their wheels in the school parking lot. I even went to school to pick her up about 30 minutes early, but they were all done and back inside. I think the teachers had little stop signs and traffic cones set up throughout the parking lot. Sounded like fun!

Helmets were required, so I took her shopping on Monday. She picked out a pink and purple Barbie helmet. It came with knee and elbow pads, too. While we were there I picked out a red Cars helmet with pads for Alexander, since he likes to ride her tricycle as much as his Big Wheel (hey, remember those when we were kids?).

I probably should have gotten the children helmets when we first got the tricycle last August. Even though it's not up as high as a bicycle, she did take a nasty tumble once and popped the back of her head on the driveway.

Today her class went on a field trip to the fish hatchery and then to a park. I had to unload her car seat so she could be safely transported. Since I allow the kids eat lots of snacks in the car and was disgusted by the looks of it, the seat required a good vacuuming and wipe down!

Next week they get to go to this place called Bear Country, and the day after that is the school's picnic with families at a local park. And that's it for the year. Mikel and I gave Anna "the talk" several times about how to act on said field trips. In fact, both parent and child had to sign a field-trip permission slip which included a few sentences about proper child behavior. I was relieved to hear from the mom who drove Anna and four other children in her gigantic SUV that Anna behaved very well and even held her hand a lot of the time. Whew!