Bike Rides and Bonus Bike Rides

The other week we had gorgeous unseasonably warm weather, so we went for as many bike rides as possible. In fact, AJ, Teddy and I went for a bike ride the night before my team's 55-mile running relay race. AJ was up for the longer route, so we ended up doing 8 miles instead of 5 miles. 

As we finished up our ride, I turned around and noticed Teddy was missing not one, but both, of his brand new shoes. This was the first time I think he wore the shoes, as I had bought them the previous night. When I asked him where his shoes were, he just giggled.

So, despite the fact that I was done and daylight was fast disappearing, Teddy and I headed back out to double back at least a bit to see if we could find his shoes. I found the first one about 1/4 of a mile back, and he laughed like a giggle monster when I picked up that shoe and muttered choice words under my breath. 

I had planned to go 1-1.5 miles back at the most, as AJ was waiting at the vehicle, and it was late. Fortunately at 1.03 miles I found the second shoe. Apparently Teddy decided we needed some extra time to enjoy the beautiful evening. And I decided he no longer can wear slip-on shoes on bike rides. 

This is how the bike ride ended, thankfully.

Life is Busy

Well, it's almost been a full month since my last post. The good news is that nothing catastrophic has prevented me from posting. Life has simply been busy. 

Both kids has school concerts. Teddy was remarkably chill and stayed mostly where he belonged with minimal hands on assistance until the final all-student song. Then he was really close to the piano and thought he was supposed to be the accompanist. It ended up being a really sweet moment with one of classmates, where they were hugging during the friendship song. 

Teddy's always a blur because he's never still. His teacher deserves props for supporting him.

Then we got the plague. Well, not COVID, which is technically the plague. We got nasty colds that really kicked our butts. In fact, most of us still have a lingering occasional cough, despite the brunt of the colds being more than a week or more ago. We're looking forward to summer where hopefully there are fewer illnesses.

Even though the warm weather isn't here to stay, training runs for myTEAM Triumph have resumed. Training runs are some of our favorite times, especially at the beginning and end when Teddy thinks he owns the trailer. AJ even tagged along this week for a chilly bike ride while we ran.

Yes, he's strapped in. Yes, I let him out.

Teddy's artwork was selected for a local art show at the library. I joked that his paraprofessional must have done a nice job, as they always assist him with his projects. I do think it's really cool, though, that kids of all abilities have a chance to have their artwork displayed. Teddy could care less about his painting on display, but he was pretty excited to attend the reception with cheese and cookies, two of his favorite things.

I think the random swipe of white was all Teddy's artistic touch. 

And this week has been catchup from being sick, along with Dave traveling out of town for work and me preparing to be gone for nearly 2 weeks. So it'll be a bit quiet on the blog as we head into May ... unless AJ decides to do a guest post. ;-)