Crash Course....

We have now had our first visit to the area Children's Hospital. That didn't take long now, did it? We have been here in our new home a grand total of about seven weeks.

It happened first thing Friday morning. Noah and Rebekah, true to form, were begging to go outside before the clock had even struck nine. Kevin was working from home that day because we had friends from our college days visiting. They had arrived the night before, so Kevin planned to work from home in and effort to condense his day a bit. Good thing. By 9:30, there was screaming and blood...more than I had seen come out of one of my children before.

Apparently, Rebekah had been speeding along on her two wheeler bike, chasing Noah. She skidded out on a slight slope and came down on the pavement on her chin. Ouch. Kevin jumped into action making phone calls to figure out where we needed to take Bekah (we hadn't even been to the pediatrician yet) while I did damage control and applied pressure. The advice was to take her to the Children's Hospital.

Once we got there, everything was smooth and efficient with almost no waiting. It took six stitches to put things back together. They froze the area with a topical gel. It took about a half hour of watching cartoons in order to give the gel time to work, and then there was a lot of poking, flushing, cleaning and prodding that took place.

Bekah was completely unfazed by the whole process. She wanted to go swimming and ride her bike again the very same day. Sigh....

Meet The Neighbours!

We had a surprise waiting for us when we moved into our new house. It started as the sound of cows mooing in the distance. Then, before we knew it, the cows were right next to our driveway! It turns out that the empty field that runs along side our driveway is in fact not really an empty field. It is the corner of a cow pasture. We have a ravine that runs along behind our property, and I wouldn't have thought that cows would climb through a ravine...but now I can tell you, they will.

Every few days the cows decide to come to our little corner of their field for a visit. The kids get a big kick out of it.....me, not so much. They happen to bring a lot of flies with them too.....

In this photo, you can see the cows right up against the fence by our driveway. Yes, that is our minivan in the foreground of the photo. They get really close.

Here we have Bekah with the cows. :)

Bekah and one of the many young cows checking each other out.....

Here we have a video of the cows on one of their visits. I had another video clip that I liked better...but it is longer and blogger didn't seem to like it very much. We have had MANY problems with phone and internet service since our move, but I will save that long, sordid story for another day. So, here is the short clip of the cows.

Enjoy the footage! :)

Two Wheels

About two to three weeks ago, Kevin asked me what I thought of taking Rebekah's training wheels off her bike. I gave him the thumbs up....although, truthfully, I had no idea if she was ready. I figured that the worst that could happen would be that he would have the inconvenience of putting them back on, right?

So, I went to take my shower, and by the time I came back outside my four year old was riding on two wheels! This was the scene in front of me.....her backside pedaling away!

Go Rebekah!

And here is the video to prove it. Away she goes!

Noah didn't learn to ride on two wheels until he was five and in kindergarten. I just assumed we would teach Rebekah at the same time. I guess I underestimated her. :)