Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee

One happy little guy

This is unbelievable to me. BUT. Bode will be FOUR years old tomorrow! Hello?! Four just sounds so much older the three. And while it feels like he's been with us forever already, time has flown by since he was born and it really seems like yesterday that i held that little 5 pound peanut in my arms for the first time! Oh well. I'll save the sappy stuff for later.

Since his birthday is on Monday and i can't quite wrap my brain around when to celebrate it with friends (or if we will have an official "party"), we decided to take him to get his big bday gift yesterday. He is such a big boy (for real--tall and strong) he's pretty much outgrown his trike. And Keegen is waiting in the wings, more than happy to inherit that puppy. So we took him down to REI and let him pick out a brand-new big boy bike! Oh! Sorry! Excuse me! Bode is yelling at me that it's NOT a "big boy bike" but a TWO-WHEELER! Dur Mom! In fact, as we drove to REI, Doug and I started singing Queen's "I Want to Ride My Bicycle" and Bode made us change it to "I want to ride my two-wheeler bicycle with training wheels, I want to ride my bike! I want to ride my two-wheeler bicycle with training wheels, i want to ride it where i liiiiiiike!" Woo. I'm out of breath.

We walked into REI and found the kids' bikes section, filled with already-assembled bikes just waiting to be tried out. He knew from the start which one he wanted--the red and black Novara 16" Stinger dirt bike! He climbed on and gave it a test drive around the store (which i was informed after-the-fact was a big no-no. Heh, heh. Oops!). The look of glee on his face was priceless. I had another bike pulled down for comparison sake but he never waivered from his first choice. "No Mom! This one is my bike!" I can only hope he will always be so sure of his decisions...

Keegen wouldn't be left out of this fun!