something clicked with annie this weekend.
she said "let's try my bike mom"
i have been asking her for a year to try riding her bike....she was finally ready.
and of course she could do it almost right away.
showing me that she is six.
technically.....I taught her how to ride.
craig was gone with scott at basketball all day and i was home with the 3 youngest.
and i ran up and down the block.
i aired up the tires.
i fixed the seat.
but no one takes pictures of me doing that.
honestly though.....what is hotter than a man teaching his kid to ride a bike?
it is hot.
plain and simple.
mr. duerksen you are steamy.
this bike is old.
i think it was talby's first bike.
maybe....but it does the job.
the training wheels came off and it was time to go!
she kept falling and was getting frustrated.
she whined tearfully "I KEEP MESSING UP!"
and i said "well....maybe it's because it's your first day and you aren't quite awesome yet ok?"
to which she shouted at me very loudly "I AM AWESOME!!!"
i giggled and said "ok! then go be it! don't waste your time whining about falling!"
so funny.
by day two she was a pro.
she wore her soccer shin guards under her pants to feel safe.
there is a parking lot a block away and we spent a lot of time there this weekend....riding in circles.
and only one bike wreck. :)
we went to the store for helmets and then annie found the bell.
i think of "the family man" every time i hear it. (that's my bell. she took my bell.)
sean is so silly.
we tried to make him laugh and he made his OWN joke and cracked up at that instead.
while at the store i let talby pick out a bike.
hers got stolen last year and she has never asked for us to buy her another one.
she is sweet like that....she knows they are expensive and didn't want to ask.
so i said "which one do you want babe?"
i liked her choice...pink bike but a not-too-girly dirt bike....she was thrilled.
i could kiss that face forever.
and they all think it's just fine to grow up and be big.
BOO.
it's not.
their mom misses her babies.
their mom liked when they fit on the back of her bike.
their mom liked the tiny bike helmets with dora or dinosaurs.
doesn't anybody care about the mom????
i miss that stuff.
but.....this new stuff is pretty good too.
in the kind of way that makes you want to bawl your eyes out.
time is a mean.....thing.
(i almost said a bad word there)
