The New Bike

When Scott and I were out for our anniversary, we went to dinner and did some shopping. Our last stop was Target (are you thinking, seriously Target on your anniversary date...just remember I don't get to leave the house without children very often, so this shopping time was a luxury). Juliana had outgrown her tricycle and I had been thinking about buying a bike, so it wasn't completely an impulse when we passed the bikes and I announced that we were buying one...plus it is purple and pink.

We decided that she should earn the bike. Scott found a stack of 8 carnival tickets and we agreed that she would earn a ticket when she was mostly good that day (perfectly good and the bike would still be in the box). The first day we told her about the tickets and that there would be a surprise when she collected all 8. She was so good and very excited to collect her 1st ticket. The next day she was soooo bad and therefore no ticket; and she told me she would rather be bad than have a ticket...she would just get her 2nd ticket the next day. Each day she got a ticket she would tell me how many she had and how many she needed to add up to 8. When she earned her last ticket I told her that her surprise was a bike.

Juliana - A bike!!! Is it a Dora bike?

Me: No, even better, it's purple and pink.

Juliana: Is it a purple and pink Dora bike?

Thursday after school her bike was assembled and waiting. She counted her 8 tickets out and hopped on her bike. She is still getting the hang of peddling and driving straight at the same time. She has her fist bike related scraped knee from an over-steering fall.

Enjoying Summer

Juliana spent some time out of the sandbox on Saturday to swim. This is her 3rd summer using the sprinkle pool and she still loves it. (Photo credit: G-Daddy Photography)

Kennywood - First "Big Kid Ride"

We went to Kennywood on Saturday and Juliana measured in at 39"; over the 36" mark for riding many of the "big kid rides". The first ride of the day was the Paratrooper which Juliana named the "Sugar Puff ride". Scott and Juliana rode on the one of the tan cars the first time. She loved it and was so excited to be on a big kid ride!

3rd of July

We go to a 3rd of July party every year at Aunt Natalae's house. And Juliana always has a festive holiday outfit for the occasion. This year's ensemble included sparkles, tie-die and glitter coated flip flops! She loved the flip flops and refered to them as her July shoes (short for 4th of July). She did well with them until she got running too fast and then we she would run right out of them.

I have been going through all of the winter stuff from previous seasons to put away items that are too small. The bin of gloves and hats was too much for Juliana to resist. She had to add a hat and mismatched gloves.