Antique Carousels and Wagon Slides

Anyone from Spokane can tell you that downtown there is a park, Riverside Park. It is a big center for activities in Downtown Spokane. There are walking trails, rides, a splash park, the Spokane river and falls, playground, a huge slide on a Wagon, all there permanently, and other random temporary activities/festivals. Often on our walks we end up walking into this park, and the other day, Wes decided to let the older kids have a chance to ride the antique carousel. Ender chose a stationary (doesn't move up and down) giraffe to ride as it was the only giraffe, while Solace chose a more traditional horse. They rode alone, we watched on the sidelines. Above are the pictures I took with my cell phone. I also am including a cute pic of Wes and Armour going down the huge wagon slide. We sure have fun together as a family!!

Bike rides and nights alone...

Another call night last night. I totally do not sleep well when Wes is gone overnight. He actually got more sleep than I did two nights ago. We went for a walk/bike ride with the kids yesterday. It was crazy as usual. For those that don't know, we go for walks as a family pretty much everyday. The shortest our walks we ever take are 2 miles, but usually more like 3-4, and occasionally more. The older kids are learning to ride their bikes, so lately they ride while we walk and Armour rides in the stroller. What a hassle to teach a kid to ride a bike-and we are crazy enough to teach 2 kids at once...AHHHH. Anyway, since we started bikes, it has been a rule that once you decide you are riding, you have to ride the bike the whole walk (we cannot just walk 2 bikes back miles to the car). Well, yesterday, Ender chose to test that theory, and on Centennial Trail, right in front of a packed outdoor restaurant, he chose to pitch a fit that he did not want to ride anymore. We had told the kids they could have fast food lunch when we got back since they were doing so well (and since it was most definately into lunch time). But, I had to tell him that he was going to lose the fast food and have to eat PB&J at home instead unless he stopped the fit and kept going. He lost the fast food, sat in front of the double stroller and I put his bike on the back like a trailer. THen I had to run up this hill pushing the double stroller, Ender and Armour, and dragging the bike to catch up with Solace and Wes....crazy! I am so old, it was like a major feat to do that!

I will write aboyut the call nights later-I need to go right now!