Friday Gerrit celebrated his birthday at daycare so he wore his birthday shirt. Because it was suppose to rain all day on Saturday (which was his actual birthday), we decided to give him his bike early so he could ride it.
Gerrit was 'outgrowing' his push bike. He was going to either fall over because he was going too fast or go through a lot of shoes trying to stop (and wear out the soles). So we thought it was best to get him the next size bike (none of Team Beat had this size - go figure! But we have 2 16" bikes waiting). He loves the bike but is a bit timid to break. He still puts his feet down (we may still go through a lot of shoes this summer!) to stop instead of pedal backwards. He loves to stand up and ride and after a few days, has already gotten better at stopping and 'pedaling backwards'.
The only downfall to a new bike: getting him to come inside for the day is a fight we have every night!
3 comments:
is the shirt from the etsy lady? i wondered what a boy version would turn out like -- it's super cute!
actually i made it. blew up a "3" on a piece of paper, traced it on to left over fabric and bought a red shirt. i had trouble doing the zig zag (machine acted up), so gave it to a friend and she satin stitched it all the way around. thanks for the idea. :)
ok, you are officially the most creative person i know :) ha ha - you rock!
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