Anna Got A New Bike

Anna got a new bike this week. Her old one was a $10 garage sale purchase and was too small for her. We looked on Craig's List and found a number of bikes that were more suitable in size, but I was uncomfortable paying $30-$40 for a used bike (for a 4 year old). I really liked the idea of Anna earning the bike, but it would take a month or so to get enough stickers on her 'chore chart' to earn a bike.

Lydia was able to find one at Meijer for $39.99 (which I still call under $40). It is very cute and she moves quite fast on it. We told her that he has to fill her sticker chart and this is her reward for chores and good behavior. Is that teaching her to live off of credit, or is it just teaching her that sometimes parents are more gracious than they should be? I guess it is like God toward us- He is good to us; even when we are less than good!

Thus far she has been very appreciative for the bike. She can be so sweet.

New Camera and Watson Pics and a Video

Prolegomena (it means 'first words'):

We finally have a new camera (finally is too strong. Our other one broke less than 2 weeks ago).

It is an amazing story really. We were blessed with a good price from God's gracious hand. The short story is that the one I wanted was at Costco. I looked on-line and could not find an uber-bargain. Walmart had the same one for $100 MORE!

I got it at Costco and they only had the display model. So... we played bargain boy. I won. They gave me 20% off and extended the warranty for another year. Blogging shall continue.

For those in Corry: Please tell others who want to view LOUA (like Stephanie and Josh, etc) that they should send me an email and I will add them: nleshelman@gmail.com

Today's blog:

Here is a short video of Watson crawling. He is getting super cute and now has 4 teeth. There is no talking yet, but he is beginning to pull himself up onto things. That is fun to watch. Pull up... tumble.

Red eye reduction off. Oops.
The hat is from Scarlet Stitch. It is actually one that was made for Paige's baby, but he is not here yet, so Watty can wear it.
Mama and Watson downtown. We went to walk downtown, but the wind was so rough that we left after 5 minutes. We did get a good cup of coffee from Beaners though. I had a cappuccino and Lydia had a mocha latte.
This hat is Owen's. It is also from Scarlet Stitch. You really need to buy something from them, they are great!

I think that he looks a lot like Anna. Anyone else?