Monday, April 1, 2013

Bike ride

This past weekend was the first time that the four of us each got on our own bikes and went for a long bike ride. Prior to this the girls had been in ibert (kid seat that attached to our handle bars. we loved these from when the girls were 18 months to almost 4)- see picture below
Well now the girls are bigger and have their 'big kid bikes' we thought we would go for a family ride to the park.  This turned into a trip around the lake. then we had to find 2 tunnels to ride in.  On the way back the girls were very tired. The full circuit was about 3 miles.  needless to say the girls slept great that night. 

While we were on the bike ride, Sophia noticed that in the hustle of us leaving the house with waters and bikes and all both Jeremy and I forgot to wear our helmets (we are strong supporters of helmet wearing in our family) When she noticed this we were already at the first park so she called Jeremy and I over in a very stern voice. She then explained that she was not happy with us for not we wearing our helmets and that we needed to go in time out for 3 min for us to thinking about how dangerous it is to not wear our helmet. She also had a conversation to me asking if I wanted her to call the police man to take me home because I was not being safe. (this probably was a mix of things we have told her when she did not want to wear her seat belt in the car.