And more exciting bike news...

We bought Samuel the next size up bike yesterday (yes, it's blue). He's now on 16 inch wheels. As soon as we put it in the car to take home Samuel said that he wanted to ride it to the farmer's market. I was a little hesitant, as I didn't want to get to the market, hear how tired he was, and then have to endure meltdown on the mile ride home.

But he did it, no problem. Rode all the way there, all the way back, and then rode straight over to Graham (after a quick snack and drink of water) to ride some more. What a treat for me to ride a bike with only an extra 30 lbs (Shira and her seat) rather than an extra 70 lbs.

And how exciting for Samuel. He now has a serious mode of transportation on his hands. Can't believe what a big kid he is now. In addition to doing the 2 mile round trip completely under his own steam, he rode in the street with us, and used the exact right amount of caution necessary. Amazing.

Also, he told me yesterday that he thinks that instead of playing football at Michigan, he will "probably race on both of the bike teams." (Both refers to mountain bike and road racing, of course). That's my boy! Of course, Steve isn't sure they've got cycling teams at Midwest schools, but we can work that out later. I'm not sold on Samuel going out of state, but I have a few years yet to work on the Michigan obsession and replace it with "Go Aggies!"

In more bike news, Shira wants to ride a bike with pedals badly. She talks about it every time bike discussions come up (daily). My response has been that she can have a pedal bike as soon as she can go super fast on her balance bike.

And what is the result of that? She now rides that balance bike pretty super fast. All the while chanting "super fast, super fast, super fast". I may be in trouble. Can a two and a half year old learn to ride a pedal bike? I don't know if she has the coordination to turn the pedals in a complete circle. We may be finding out very soon, though. She knows that Samuel's two wheeler now belongs to her.