The craziness has begun....

It always amazes me how crazy this time of year is when you have children. The last 2 months of school are CRAZY! It makes me feel overwhelmed just thinking about everything coming up. Mothers/fathers day at pre-school, end of the year parties, 5th grade moving up, 5th grade picnic, 5th grade trip to Boston, field day, teacher recognition luncheon, girl Scout Bridging, 5K Rotary run and the list goes on and on. I remember my Mom going to field day when I was little but that is about all I remember. Was it this crazy for parents when I was little? I really don't think so. I think parent involvement is much different today then when I was a kid. I love being so involved with my kids lives, but I wonder if it's too much.

We had open house at Tri-city this past weekend. BMX had officially started in NY. It was a great day and a great turn out. We had so many new riders and I was so proud to see all the seasoned riders stepping up and mentoring the new kids. I was watching the older riders (college students) and it was so nice to see how willing they were to help out. They are great role models for kids that are Colin's age. We are very blessed to have met such a wonderful community of people. Jay was having so much fun working all the kids bicycles, everyone did a great job and open house was a huge success! So now it's good by life, hello BMX. :)
Jay & Colin went out to race in Kingston on Sunday, Colin had a great day. He is so happy to get together with all his racing friends.

Nellie is definitely enjoying the nice weather and being able to get out and ride her bicycle. Of all the things that we were hopeful Nellie would learn to do, I am so glad she was able to learn to ride a two wheel bike. She gets so much enjoyment from that bike! Jay built her a new bike using Colin's 16" Hoffman frame. I think she feels cool and happy it doesn't look like a "little Girls" bike. LOL. I am so proud of that little girl.

Miss Braelyn took quite the fall on her bicycle this weekend. That little girls hardly ever gets huts. All her injuries were on her face and it broke heart. Poor girl. It's been 2 days and it already looks so much better. Braelyn told us that she wants to start BMX. OMG! I know she would well, but she's my baby girl, I want her to do girly gentle stuff. LOL. I never wanted Braelyn to get involved in BMX because then Nellie will the only one not doing it. I really think it will bother me more than it will bother Nellie. Nel is just as happy riding her bike around the outside of the track and she is too nervous to try going on the track.

I'll do my best to update my blog but this time of year is absolute craziness! As always, no matter how busy things get I always try to just enjoy it. I always say to Jay that someday we will be wishing our lives were crazy with kids stuff and we'll be missing all the noise in our house. We always need to remember to enjoy the moment. It's great advice but not always the easiest thing to do. So many nights I just look forward to the kids bedtime and then I feel guilty because time goes fast enough without me wishing it to go any faster. Slow down people, slow down and smell the flowers.