Sooooo! It's Spring and family bike-rides are the latest craze. Ava learned to ride a 2-wheeler without training wheels, Jessica needed a bigger bike, Jaden needed a bigger bike and my bike needed a new pedal. We spent last Saturday getting everybody outfitted. Surprisingly, when Jessica bumped up to a bigger bike, Ava jumped on Jessica's old one and is now riding a big kid bike too!
So, around 5 in the afternoon we decided to go for a ride into town and get some dinner. Taco Time is about 3 miles away and we thought that sounded good. We rode to end of the lane, when surprise!, it started to rain. We rapidly altered the plan and decided that McDonalds (.75 miles away) sounded better. Great decision! By halfway there it was an all out DOWNPOUR! We arrived at McDonald's SOAKED to the bone. Not a stitch of clothing or socks were dry. Do you know how heavy a hoody is when it is hanging off of you soaking wet?
We went in and dried off our faces and laughed and laughed. We had a great time sharing fries and chicken nuggets and waching the rain come down in sheets! (McDonalds is still yummy even when you look like you just got out of the bathtub!) Well, everybody except Jessica, who thought the entire thing was some kind of sick joke! She just wanted to go home! And eventually we did, like most Spring showers, it didn't last long and we saw an opportunity to make it home with only a little more dampness!
Since then we have gone nearly everday, somewhere new each time. The day before yesterday we rode into town to Movie Gallery to get a family flick for FHE. I was so impressed by Ava, it was a 6 mile round trip! She did awesome and didn't have one thing to say that wasn't AWESOME!! Go Little Jardines - on bikes!
