Susanna's First Haircut and Eli's on TWO Wheels

Wow, it seems like since school started, the rat race has definitely begun!  We managed to carve out some time this week for two important events!

Susanna got her first haircut!  We are trying to let her "bangs" grow out, so she doesn't look much different from the front, but the back looks so much nicer!  She had a fun time and told everyone the next day that she had a haircut! She actually sat pretty still.  What a difference a few months makes!  With girls, you can kind of put it off a little longer than with boys - those extra months made it so much easier! I remember a lot of wiggling during Eli's first haircut!

Before....

After!

Our other news is that Eli is riding his bike without training wheels!  His good friend Nate just accomplished this over the weekend - so we think this spurred him on a bit!  The past few days, Eli has been very interested in riding.  The Easter Bunny got the kids a "Skuut" balance bike (no pedals - just push off and coast/balance) - he got tipped off that there was one at a consignment sale nearby!  Madeline used that for several weeks then started riding without training wheels.  Eli has been gliding around our house on it for months - I am convinced that bike is magic!  Tonight is the first time he even tried to ride  the real bike without training wheels.  We took the training wheels off Madeline's old bike several weeks ago thinking he was probably ready.  But, he didn't want to try much.  Nate is our eternal "inspirer!"  Eli got on that bike tonight and really just took off with one push!  It was amazing!  We got home and took the training wheels off his bike, and he was off!  Now, he really does need a new bike for his birthday.  The old one is really so small for him.  We are so excited for him!

Here's a video!  

Have a great day!  I've got more to post (Kai's party and the Fair!) - 

I'll try to get more out over the weekend!