365 Project - Day FIFTY

Today, we were supposed to go camping. We forewent the camping trip because of our upcoming trip to Texas. So, instead of camping this weekend, we were going to go to Oregon to visit Jason's dad. Well, Jason's dad had surgery a few weeks ago on his knee and he's still not in the best shape. Jason's step-mom called us last night to let us know it might not be a good idea to come down. Mazie was utterly heartbroken, so we tried to come up with something to do that would be fun. Why not go to the original place we were supposed to go camping and hang out with the people camping there? So that's what we did.

There were a few new additions to our normal camping circle; 2 families we knew through preschool. They happen to be next door neighbors to each other, but only live a few blocks from me.

ANYWAY. Kyle and Heather are some of the new campers and Kyle happened to bring this extra tall unicycle with him that he picked up at a garage sale. In Jack's unicycle club, this style of unicycle is known as a 'giraffe'. Jack wanted so badly to ride one this year, but his coach kept telling him 'next year' or 'when you grow a little' blah, blah, blah. Jack wanted to be the first 2nd grader on the team to ride one. Anyway, Kyle was nice enough (patient!!) to help Jack out and walk around the campground while Jack got used to the feeling of the taller unicycle.



After a few rounds of Kyle helping Jack balance, just as he usually does, Jack got the feel for the giraffe and started motoring around on his own. I love in the next pic, how there's a teenage boy turned around watching Jack ride this thing...



So, not to be outdone by a 9 year old, Kyle is trying to ride the unicycle himself. He's determined to be successful. Good luck Kyle and thank you for letting Jack ride. Even though Kyle lives 5 blocks away, the 3 hour trip down there was worth Jack learning this. Wait till we show the coach the pics...