I finally purchased a bike seat. I found it on craigslist…that site rocks but it was way cooler before it got so popular. Once it hit mainstream, sure you could find more on it, it meant there were more people looking and more b.s.posts. Nevertheless, I found a topeak bike seat that normally sells for close to $200 for $50 including rack. I also found my last two jobs on craigslist so I’m not going to bash the site…just some of the people who use it.
Yesterday was my first day on the bike in a while.
Cari and I both bought Trek mountain bikes when we lived in the city. We used them often until we had the kiddies when we became busy with other stuff. But we expected this year to definitely pick things up especially since E is now big enough to ride in a seat. I would be pushing C in a jogging stroller while I rollerbladed. And E would have been in the bike seat with Cari.
Oh, and why is it that your butt hurts so bad when you ride for the first time? I went again today and I need some tylenol…now! Yesterday I rode into LaGrange Park and today I went a little further; through countryside, into burr ridge, north through hinsdale, and then back through western springs and lagrange. I love Hinsdale, btw…maybe some day. It felt like 15 miles but it was more like 10. It’s about time the weather here has turned around…it feels like summer…finally, but too bad it’s getting close to being over.
So with the purchase of the bike seat, that means that I’m going to be taking E for some rides. She saw the seat the other day and then got super excited and when she came home yesterday as I had the seat on the bike. She insisted we go for a ride. The seat came without directions so I had to try a few times to get it on there right but I finally did.
It’s not very easy to get her on there and hold the bike and all that at the same time. The kick stand no longer holds both the bike and E in the seat so it’s necessary to hold onto it all time.
This was also the first time I ever rode with a bike seat so I was a bit worried about falling, but we did fine. We rode around the block a few times. I would ask E, who is just 2 1/2, which way she wanted to go and she’d tell me “this way” or “that way”. Mind you she’s behind me so I can’t tell which direction she wants to go. So I’d say, do you want me to go left or right. She would amazingly say one or the other and at the same time she would be pointing in that exact same direction. She’s one smart kid.
Speaking of smart…
So there’s some e-mail blast Cari signed up for that I took over. Just this week it lists what your child should be doing at this age and what you should expect in the months to come. Maybe I’m a biased although I don’t think I am, but she’s well above all of the things she listed. Today she drew a letter E and then a cross. Her vocabulary is extraordinary. She’s been speaking in full sentences for a while. I love this little girl and can’t wait til C gets to this point too.