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Thursday, May 18, 2006 |
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During the school this year, the kids class worked on creating a book called Our Important Book. Each child was asked to write about something that was important to them and draw a picture to go with it. The writing part was spell checked and put into a consistent font. Also, there was a template of sorts that they all used to describe what was important to them. Most of the kids talked about family, pets, or friends. Our daughter Lindsay talked about her friends. I've scanned the pages from the book:  Normally, this wouldn't warrant a blog post from me but my son Alex really shocked my wife and me. To understand why I need to explain that I am an atheist and although my wife believes in God she does not go to church and has not took the kids to church either. We have talked to the kids quite a bit about God though and different beliefs that people have. We've also told them that it is up to each person to decide what they believe. To add a little more humor and meat to the the story, I want to share that on the occasions that my Mom asked that my brother and I go to church, when we were growing up, we would whine and complain to no end leading up to the event, during it, and afterwards. Even at my wedding, we had a judge marry us and exclude religious references from the ceremony. I think you are getting the point so let me go ahead and share Alex's publication:  
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Monday, May 15, 2006 |
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The kids' seventh birthday is this week. As yesterday was Mother's Day and we already had both families together for brunch, we all came back to our house to celebrate the kids birthdays in addition to my in-laws' birthdays. Suzanne and I bought new bikes for the kids a couple weeks back as their old ones are way too small and hard for them to ride. As the kids real birthday is during the week, Suzanne and I decided to go ahead and give them their new bikes on Sunday so they would actually have a chance to ride them. I know how much it sucks to have a new toy, especially a bike, and not be able to play with it. So after everyone left, I adjusted the kids bikes and took them over to the school, which has a relatively flat riding area that has no traffic on the weekends, so I could work with them on learning to ride their new bikes as their old ones still had training wheels on them. My expectations were very low as far as how much progress we would make with just one parent (Mommy got to rest for Mother's Day) with two kids both on new bikes. Well, they completely blew away all of my expectations. I think by the second or third attempt for for both of them they were riding away on their own. I ran besides them as best I could so I could catch them if they fell but that was rarely needed. The only difficult part for them was getting started and stopped. Other than that, they were able to ride and turn in the parking lot pretty well for their first time on two-wheelers. At one point, my daughter Lindsay told me to "just give her a push to get her started and it was OK if she fell." Alex was actually able to get himself started by the end of the hour of riding. I'm not sure who was more excited, them or me. The kids and their b-day cookie (they already had one cake last week and will get another for their party this weekend). Alex is wearing his new bike jersey from Grandma and Grandpa!  The kids getting on their new bikes for the first time.  p.s. Both of the kids got the same bike, the Novara Dirt Rider from REI. It has both a hand and coaster brake to get them used to it. |
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