Colby's New Bike

Finally, a few weeks ago Colby got his very first big boy bike. Well it still has training wheels but it's a real big boy bike. The first day he got it he was riding at Mike and Nancy's and crashed into the neighbors mailbox. He got up with blood coming out of his nose, went in to have Grandma wipe it off and once the blood was gone he was right back up on it. Since then he's done really well with it. One day I thought it might be a good idea to let him ride the four blocks to school with me pulling Cameron in the bike trailer behind my bike. BAD IDEA...it took him longer to ride to school than it did for us to walk the one time we tried that, and trust me he's a slow walker too! But over the last week we've taken him out a lot to let him get used to it and he's doing so much better and getting more comfortable on it. We walked to the lake and I pushed Cameron in the stroller while Colby had free reign on the bike and he loved it and has learned to go really fast on it. In fact, there were several times I had to tell him to stop and wait for me to catch up. So I guess not all hope is lost with him riding to school. Maybe we'll try that again next week and see if we can make better time!

Oh yes, and we cannot forget about Cameron! He got a big wheel for his birthday and he loves to ride it around too. Some how that little boy can get that thing going faster by using his feet on the ground than most kids probably can peddle. It wears me out just watching him. But soon enough he's going to be on a big boy bike too and I am definitely not ready for that yet!

I love the fact that we have the perfect place for the boys to ride without fear of them getting hit by a car. We head out to the garage and our house is the first one on an allyway with about 10 houses on it. Everyone on the ally has kids that play out there and ride power wheels and bikes of their own. The boys have free reign of the ally and can play without worrying about getting hit. Either Chris or I or both of us camp out at the curve to watch for any cars so we can warn the kids to get out of the way and off they go. Lately I've been planting my butt down on a chair so I have a good view of everything. Seems to be working out really well so far.