I Can Do It All By Myself!

Seems like yesterday I purchased this radio flyer tricycle for my little love bug. He would ride it up and down the halls dinging the tiny bell. He was so small his little feet could not even reach the peddles. It had a little basket on the back that he would store pacifiers, sippy cups, and other random toys in. It seems like in the blink of an eye he has grown into this fun loving little man that now uses that same tricyle to store his lizards, frogs, and bugs in :)

For Christmas he wanted "A Big Boy Bike". Specifically a blue one. And yesterday I let him go on his very first official bike ride. Yes, I would let him ride up and down the drive way before but I let him venture out onto the road this time. With my supervision of course. And he wasn't a fan of that.

He hopped on his bike and immediately announced "Mom I don't need any help I can do it all by myself." As he approached the road he remembered our little dicussion we had about road safety and announced "No Cars!" after he had taken a look to the right and left...like ten times :) He took off with aggression and speed and before you know it he was down the road full speed ahead (trying his hardest to get as far away from me as possible.) He was feeling good. He had a huge smile on his face. He was making vroom vroom sounds.

And then the wobbling began. And then he had his first encounter face down with the road. My poor little guy had a couple of tears and a minor scrape but indeed hopped back onto his new ride and slowly but surely began riding again. This time he wanted his mother by his side :) And although he had an accident that didn't stop him from dreaming about where his new transportation device could take him. He said things like "Lets go Mom we're going to ride to New York City and see the Statue of LIVERTY" and "Do you think I could ride my bike to the beash?" So cute :) After about an hour of riding as we made our way back home he ended his ride with "You know Mom I know what I need. I need a little wagon to pull on the back just like Dennis Mom." This made me chuckle because I know before long I will have a Dennis the Menace on my hands and I'm looking forward to all those little stunts and tricks that he will try to arrange. Gotta Love Little Boys :)