Stay at Home Tuesday

For Christmas, my parents gave me a bike. When we went to Brazos Bend, I had to borrow Cas' bike which was too tall for me. So now I have what the bike store termed a "mom bike," but we had to leave it at my parents' on Christmas since we forgot the bike hitch.

On Tuesday we arranged a play date with my best friend and her three kiddos, and then I was to swing by my parents' in the afternoon to collect my bike. But Cas left for work without attaching the bike hitch. I was so proud of myself for putting on the hitch - which only required two screws - that I had to take a picture of the ratchet parts that I used for the first time in this mechanical feat.
Once we got to Amber's, Collin made himself at home in all of their toys, giving them a taste -
Then he practiced walking with Mackeon -

We bundled up and headed down the street to the neighborhood park - with Collin and Holden in the wagon, Mackeon on his bike, and Amber and Esmae trailing behind.

Collin loved exploring the new playground -

And playing pirate ship with Mackeon -

Collin flirted with Amber and Esmae -

While Holden collected dirt all over his face -

Back at home, Esmae shared her jewelry kit toy -

And smiled for the camera - the red-haired, blue-eyed beauty -

After a nap at Grammy and Brownie's, Collin woke up just as Grandpa Brownie arrived home from work.

He told Grandpa Brownie about his day & they had some male bonding time while Grammy and I went shopping.

Finally it was time to go home, and as we started to load the bike on my carefully attached hitch, we realized the bar that supported the girls bike frame was in our garage. After all my handy efforts, the bike made it home like this: