A great day

Today, being Saturday, is the one day we all get to spend together as a family with no one having to go to work, and today we had one of the best family days we've had in a long time. Theo has been difficult over the last few days, and the day started out with the excessive no's, crying over everything, etc. that we've been dealing with of late. So, we decided we needed to get out of the house. We took ourselves to OMSI, went out for brunch, then this afternoon, after Theo's nap, he decided he wanted to put on his helmet and go for a ride on his new bike. Theo had refused to put on his helmet since the first time he wore it a few weeks ago, so we just haven't talked about it since. Then, this afternoon he said he wanted to wear his helmet and go out on his bike. Matt had taken him out the first time and I wasn't home, so this was my first time. We got him fixed up and I even got him to put on gloves, which is good since we've been having an unusually cold few days in Portland. Walking down the street with my boy on his bike, I was SO PROUD and he looked so CUTE I could hardly stand it. He hasn't learned to pedal yet, but since this bike has a parent-handle that steers, we can just cruise and he can learn over time. We walked down the street and saw a cool construction truck parked down the way. Theo had SO MUCH FUN and so did I. Between that and the super fun time we had as a family at OMSI this morning, and the wonderfully relaxing brunch out (last meal out had been a disaster), Matt and I are in our happy parenting place again...yeah! We'll see how long it lasts. :)