OZFellalivinginMN: New Toy

So a few months back we bought Rich and Laura's old little dirt bike for the kids.. well Quaid for now until the others get bigger...

So yesterday we loaded up the kids (was an amazing day for March) and set off on a journey around Minnesota looking at Bike shops for helmets and used bikes.. We set Karen's favorite tool.. the GPS and off we went.. needless to say Karen always says the GPS gets us lost.. I disagree..

and it got us LOST... well not lost... but took us to the address I selected.. was supposed to be The Hitching Post.. it was Shannahnays Boutique or something... oh well.. onto the next address... AGAIN we ended up somewhere where the store wasnt... oh wait.. this wasnt the GPS's fault... it was user error.. you know where you dont double check the data you input.. FYI.. when you type in an address.. where you put the WEST is important...

Well anyways.. we found the bike store and got Quaid a bounty of safety gear.. basic stuff... Helmet, gloves, knee and elbow pads... It was fun watching him so giddy like a .... well KID... happy that he is excited to ride motorcycles...

Excited may be an understatement.. sad part was he didnt get to try it all out yesterday when we got home...

the reason!!!

Dad was running around town... (back to where we ran around all day... dang it) looking and buying himself a bike to ride with him.....

Quaid was such a great kid.. he kept his chin up when I said I was going and he wouldnt get to ride his bike.. He is learning that giving attitude when things dont go his way doesnt work in his favor... He still cant hide his emotions (he is a sensitive little guy) which is awesome, but he controls his reaction really well...

When I informed him of this he said ok dad, his smile went to a frown, his chin dropped and he went to go to his room... so I stopped him, gave him a cuddle and said..

"Hey.. I am going to try to buy a bike for me so we can ride together.. all over the field instead of just the driveway."

He smiled and yelled .... YEAH!!!!

Unfortunately today it has gone from 65*F yesterday to so far its reached 33*F (30*F is freezing)... so again his bike riding hopes are dashed for now...

So I put Ava on the bike and as soon as she sat on it she grabbed the throttle and twisted... yeah.. I was running along side of her trying to keep up so I could slow her down.. so that settles it.. she isnt ready to ride by herself.. ha ha

Jentzen got on with me, and pretty much as soon as it started moving... he was screaming WOOOOOO WOOOOO then it got up to speed and he leaned forward and yelled... YEEEHHHHAAAAAAAW

and of course as you can see from the picture... Keira just jumped right on.. grabbed the handles like a pro and smiled....