Tour de Playground

Wheeled locomotion appears to be the theme this week.

Well, truth be told, the kid has always been interested in anything that rolls, but this week he started thinking big. He went digging around in the upstairs closet and found the Barbie car that we put under the Christmas tree every year.

And when he was through with that, he decided it was time to go to the playground and take his bike out for a spin.

When we gave him the bike last Christmas, he was not that crazy about it, but it appears to have achieved most favored toy status.

He wasn't quite ready for the seat and pedals and was sort of straddling the darn thing and waddling along with it.

But a little encouragement from me, in the form of a well-timed shove from behind, was all it took to get him pedaling along like a pint-sized Lance Armstrong.

Ride on, David! Ride free like the wind!

Kurt "big daddy" True
29 may 2004