Rickshaw Rides...Went on a really nice family bike ride last night after dinner. The kids both chant "rickshaw" which is what we call the cart that goes behind John's bike that we pull them in. It is really cool! The kids love it when John and I race each other on the bikes. They yell FASTER, FASTER! Anyway, we went for a nice long ride along the boardwalk. It was such a beautiful night and then we stopped for ice cream. Julia ate her ice cream faster than I have ever seen any person eat ice cream. I can believe she didn't cry from a brain freeze. Then she moved on to daddy's pistacio ice cream cone.

When we got home, Jacob was hurrying us all along that he needed to get to bed and we better make tuck-in time quick since the tooth fairy was coming. He was trying to negotiate with John about why he couldn't see the tooth fairy when she came. Maybe he could just shut one eye. John explained that that isn't how it works and she won't even come if you are awake and waiting for her. She'll pass you by and come back when you are asleep. Such a negotiator.

Julia is so social. Everywhere we got she announces her arrival and then sometime during her visit, she usually finds some random stranger (adult or kid...doesn't matter) to befriend. She then takes them by the hand to lead them to whatever she wants to do or be. Yesterday at the beach, she befriended an older lady just standing in the surf by herself. Next thing you knew, she grabbed the lady's hand and brought her back to the sand tunnels we were making to let the water flood down a ditch into a big hole. The lady joined in and we all celebrated when the tide got high enough to start filling the hole. I told John that Julia would be our child who brought home all stray animals and people when she got bigger. He agreed. Looks like we'll have a full dinner table as she gets older...oh well, God is good.