Owen's First Big Boy Bike

The sun is starting to come out and the boys are about 6 months older than they were the last time we spent any real quality time outside.  I had assumed Adam would be surprising us with his new abilities - and he is!  He's sliding down slides by himself, climbing up stairs, walking over bridges and picking up every piece of trash he can find.

Owen decided today that he wanted to try out the big boy bike we've had stored in the garage for the past year (he was too little for it when we received it as a hand me down from Ian and Grandpa Steffen.)  He is a speed demon on his big wheels, but has never tried a real upright bike before.

We took it out and were prepared to give him an involved bike riding lesson and as usual, Owen needed much less direction and guidance than we expected.  He basically took to it like a fish to water and did about 5 laps around the park at breakneck speed -- even learning how to stop by pedaling backwards.

I have a feeling his first snowboard is right around the corner...