Last week we were given a free bike trailer–quite exciting since Will has gotten pretty good on his bike and wanting to go on Family Bike Rides. Now that Alex has a trailer we can do that. On Saturday James got our bikes out of storage, pumped up some rather flat tires, put the trailer together and get everything ready for our family bike ride.  I realized I have not ridden my bike since before Will was born (4+ years). Thankfully, it WAS like riding a bike, you don't forget. ;-) (I remember I sprained my ankle really badly trying to get that bike down from a hook in our storage shed of our apartment and I didn't ride it the rest of the summer out of spite–I showed that bike–and because it took time for the ankle to heal. Then I got pregnant and the bike stayed in storage.)

The day was a cloudy, cooler day then we've had during the week. But, that worked out well because the trail wasn't that crowded. We discovered it's hard for Will and his tiny wheels/tiny legs to keep up with the bigger bikes. I felt I was spending most of the ride just trying to keep the bike upright. So we may do our next family bike ride with both boys in the trailer.

Here are the boys, trying to wait patiently for us to go. 

 Alex was quite sad he didn't have a bike helmet, so he pulled out his winter helmet and called that his helmet.

 

We rode out to a bike store and got Will a bigger helmet, and Alex (once again) got the hand me down. He's content with having one and wears it when he "rides" his tiny bike. The combination of his tiny body and the big helmet is so funny, I keep meaning to get a picture, but haven't.  I'll be sure to share it when I do get a picture!