skateboarding [updated]

Well, after weeks talking about coaster brakes and handbrakes, 16" and 20' wheel bases, number of gears, kickstands, mountain bikes and road bikes, and suspension, not to mention the color selection and even drawing our own designs, Rylee's thinking maybe he should get a skateboard for Christmas and save a new bike for a birthday. This comes after an afternoon with Brendan teaching him to ride one. Ry says, afterall, he has a bike, and getting a skateboard now is part of the natural order of things. Ry made a book of paper in which he is drawing skateboards, and he is watching youtube clips of skateboarders.

No word from Jackson, who got his knee and elbow skinned last week crashing on his bike.

As Ariel remarked, these boys are going to scare us more than she ever did. I said they'll likely do all the same things, only upside down, too.

Cyndi's in Phoenix for the day, and Ariel's settling into her new place in NYC.

Mom & Dad received our new family portrait this week, after Cyndi mailed it off. It arrived quickly. A scanned copy is below. (I didn't do a good job scanning it, and I should replace it with a better scan in the future.)

Think the boys and I are going swimming soon.