An autumn outing

While everyone else is awesome and takes their kids to the pumpkin patch, I was happy I took the time to let my kids ride bikes in the peaking lot across the street.

Tonight's adventure went something like this:

• All children happily riding various wheeled things around.
• Older kids show up, snickering and being obnoxious. Eventually they realize that that six year old on a skateboard is pretty good. They leave.
• More wheeling around. Caleb is really getting his balance on the bike.
• Stray cat shows up.
• Naomi and Caleb attack cat. Lots of cuddling, loving and dragging around.
• Phebe joins the action. Victor just loves riding bikes.
• I eventually teach them how to pet the cat without bodily harm to it.
• Happy petting
• Then crazed petting and my declaration that they need to go play and leave cat alone.
• Victor then clips Naomi in the back, knocking her over.
• Crying and comforting commence.
• I look up to realize the cat has lured Phebe into following it and now my two year old is I the street with a car coming.
• I start yelling, car stops , Phebe comes back with her head hung low. She is in trouble and she didn't even get the cat.
• Caleb immediately decides that he too should go down the grassy hill that leads to the street.
• Too bad he can't really ride the bike so he loses control and crashes in the street.
• Not just in the street, the storm drain and he can't get  the bike out.
• More riding. 
• Phebe pushes mom around on Caleb's bike.
• Victor's bike chain falls off.
• We go home to eat ice cream.