Emma's New Bike

What do kids really need? I've been struggling with this question - do you ever? I feel like me kids have plenty of toys, and plenty of things to do, but they always claim they are bored. And when I send them outside to play, they always find bad things to do, like dig in the garden or climb over the fence or play with cat poop in the sand box. What would really make them enjoy being outside?

I've been feeling bad for Emma when we make trips around the block. When she is on a trike, and her legs get tired. Or, she tries the scooter and stops half way around. So, Monday, I went and bought her a bike. But being the cheap mother I am, I bought one just a smidge too big, so that she can ride it several years. Is it meaner to not buy her a bike or to buy one that is too big for her?


She likes it, and I think by the end of summer it will fit her fine, but right now she struggles to keep her feet on the peddles when they get to the bottom. She has to shift her weight back and forth.

The funny thing about Monday was that Emma was all up for posing with her bike. The other day when I posted about Sassy Emma, I couldn't find any sassy pictures, but here they are.


For this picture, Emma said something like this "Mom, take a picture of me like this".

And one more thing to mention, I went into Emma's room the other day and noticed that someone used crayon to practice writing their letter A on Emma's footboard. I was sure it was Ashton from looking at how well they were written, but I was wrong. Emma confessed to doing it (after I told her she wouldn't get in trouble). It was a pain to get off. But she had done a good job.