Bike riding on the Horsetrail

I occasionaly think to myself I really need to blog...then I don't.  Then when I sit down to type something up I'm not sure where to start.  It doesn't help that I chicken peck, because then I can't type as fast as I think. Right now I'm cruising because I'm not worrying about typos and will spell check in a minute.  So here are my initial thoughts for blogging.  I need to write about Mia, her artistic abilities, the fun we've been having with biking etc., and Donuts for Dads.  I need to write about the girls past soccer season and the playoff game that I'll never forget. I need to back track and write about this past school year.  Inclusion and the presentations should be at the top of the list.  Gilberto and Deanna's presentation was awesome, and so was Briana and Herlyn's.  Okay now I need to reread that mess for fluency.

Alright I guess I'll start with Mia.  She is amazing. She drives me crazy. She's a little mini-me. Mia has to be a perfectionist and in control.  If she can't do it right she gets frustrated and doesn't want to do it at all.  Once it clicks, she really wants to focus on that one thing until she gets better at it.  Riding bikes is a perfect example.  Last week we went riding after she was done with school.  We rode along the Yorba Linda horsetrail.  We rode for miles.  I was on my skateboard and she was tooling along on her bike.  She had a couple of minor crashes but brushed them off and popped right back on.  She's improved a ton and she has asked to go biking every day since the day we started on the horsetrail.  She loves it.  When I tucked her into bed that night she said "I had a really fun day with you dad."  I had a really fun day too.  It was great having that one on one time.

The second day she rode her bike she said "I can't wait to go to Yosemite!  Maybe I will be good enough to ride my bike the whole time."  At her current level of obsession I think she will be. The only issues will be how tired she gets and how many people she runs over. The whole family is really looking forward to camping.  It comes up almost daily.  As in "how many more days before we go to Yosemite?"

I scared the pee out of her.

I was laying on the couch in the front room, reading a book, when Mia started messing with me.  She ran down the hallway and then came back and "scared" me.  I acted surprised and jumped up.  Mia thought this was hilarious, so she did it a couple of times. The third time she ran down the hall, I hid against the wall and waited.  When she passed me I jumped out and said "Boo."  I really scared her good......then she peed on the ground.  She got that look on her face like "Uh, oh I'm gonna pee," there was nothing I could do. I scooped her up mid stream and plopped her on the fireplace.  Then we both laughed.  I've never scared the pee out of anyone until now.

Mia the little cleaner

Mia at three years old is already naturally neater than her older sisters.  She does lots of little things that demonstrate this all the time.  For example, the other night she was eating strawberries by her self in the kitchen and when she was done she threw away her napkin in the trash can and then went back and put her bowl in the sink.  She usually cleans up after herself or is the one kid who says "Okay, dad" when you tell her she needs to pick something up.  

Of course our house is usually a disaster because all the girls go from thing to thing.  As I sit on the computer there are paints, papers, brushes, etc. strewn all about the kitchen table, and there are blocks and construction paper in piles in the front room.  At least the breakfast stuff was put away. :)