This is going to be a huge post because there was a lot of fun stuff this week.

We started out on Sunday with a trip past Wickenburg, AZ to the desert wilderness where Uncle Ken and Aunt Barb have built a home.

Ken helped Trevor give some apples to the donkey

And some to the feisty mule

The boys love to visit Ken’s train room

Peek-a-boo

We thought it was cute to see Jesse the dog and Levi the cat chillin’ together on the bed

Barb and Ken with all the boys

The boys have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of their special-order birthday gift. The giant packages finally arrived! New pedal bikes! We started by letting Trevor zip around with it with no pedals so he could get the feel of it. Brendan is not quite tall enough for his yet, but soooo close.

Brendan followed Trevor on the old balance bike for a while

Here is a good example of the size difference between the old baby balance bikes and the new bikes!

We put the pedals on Brendan’s with some training wheels until his legs get a little longer

Happy boys!

Helping Daddy to tweak the seat

We were also excited to have Aunt Heather (Bill’s sister) here for the fun. She was in town for work and got to chase Trevor on the rocket bike.

When the boys were tiny, balance bikes were a fairly new concept. But the idea totally works. Trevor hopped on his pedal bike with no training wheels and took off like a pro. It was amazing!

Here’s the first try with the pedals!

He is so proud!

We are proud of Brendan too! He pedals so hard!

For dinner, we took Aunt Heather to a new place that was recommended by Brendan’s OT. It’s called “The Perch Pub” because they have an exotic bird rescue on site.

The boys walked around and saw all the birds.

Brendan loves cockatoos. This one was very entertaining!

The majority of the restaurant is outdoors. The setting is so pretty!

We played 2×4 Jenga and bean bag toss in this cool side area. The boys’ cousin Triston came to join us too, he just missed the pictures.

This morning, Heather played Legos with the boys. Triston made Brendan a space ship the night before and Heather helped Brendan install upgrades.

We went to the Cornish Pasty Company for a nice lunch before Heather had to go to the airport.

This is why Bill likes the Pasty Company

Trevor begged from the moment he woke up that he wanted to go ride his bike. We took a 1.2 mile ride around the neighborhood and he had only one small wipeout. We were only home for five minutes and he wanted to go again. So the whole family went out for a “new bike photo”

We rode to the boys’ school because the big empty parking lot is a perfect place for practicing. They used the bus drop-off loop as a race track.

Trevor said his name was Blazer and his bike was a Blaze-go-bike. He rode fast!!

I see many hours on bikes in the near future.