We biked five miles today. It reminded me of my first date with Joe. We biked up Logan Canyon to second dam and had lunch. I remember talking and talking together. Today, we rode up Hobble Creek canyon, and made it about 2.5 miles from our home. The trail was snowy after that, and I didn’t want to ride on the road. Peter came along, of course, and enjoyed himself. He even tried to steer by putting his hands on my handlebars. I love being out and doing things with my family, even though I still feel a little cold from it.

I’ve had fun the last few days. Pete and I went on a walk with neighbor friends and played at the park. Peter would even go down the slide all by himself. The three kids were so fun to watch run around with huge smiles on. My mom and I went out to lunch and let Peter play at the mall playground. He also furthered his relationship with the escalator. At first he would cry when on it. But that didn’t last long and he was okay with it. Then he didn’t quite get on right and fell down a few steps, scraping his head. This did not damage him too much though, and he was still fine with the escalator. It started to fascinate him, and finally he would go on it just for fun.

We picked up Joe from school one day, and found a cool park in Orem. They had ducks. I remember living by the “duck park” growing up, and loved feeding the ducks. Peter wasn’t really interested…petting dogs was  a lot more fun. That night we also got 88 cent crunch wraps at Taco Bell. Eating out wasn’t in the budget, but we spent $5 for a good sized meal for all of us. I can’t always cook that cheap…and then I didn’t have to clean up either.

Peter is adorable. He says uh-oh all the time, whenever something is slightly wrong. Other common word are hot (with a very definite “t” on the end), ball, up, elmo, and mama/dada. He continues to pick up new words all the time but has yet to get most of the constants down. (Button is baba; actually lots of things are baba.) He loves being outside and cries when he comes in. But I like being outside too. Here is a picture of him at lunch today, eating cottage cheese. (The use of a spoon is still a little bit of a foreign concept, although he did eat half a bowl of oatmeal using one.)