Biking and Planting

We have now been biking a few times with the boys in tow; they are fun to have along as they are pretty good riders and easy to pull (at least for me, I am not the one pulling, John is). At first Emerson didn't like his helmet too much, but that was to be expected. Now he doesn't mind but is glad when it is taken off. We biked over to John's grandpa's house yesterday night to get some rhubarb from him for us to replant. I cut up some of the rhubarb today and made some sauce out of it. We also got a peony and some bleeding hearts from John's mom, Paula, to replant which we have really enjoyed having all of these "growing things" around us. John and I also bought two(top pic) new trees (lilac and european elder) and planted them last weekend. Although we do sound a bit "earthy" right now, we have already cut down one and have about 5 more trees to cut down yet this summer in our yard. They block our sunlight in our backyard. We hope to plant a few shorter ones over the next few years.