Bike Season!

The kids rode their bikes to school this morning. You know what that means right? There is hardly any snow left and very few waterlogged sidewalks! They were so excited that I said yes when they asked, they didn't know what to do with themselves, lol. It was a mad rush to find their helmets and get them adjusted but they managed to get off to school in lots of time, only to arrive back home 5 minutes later because Beth's head was cold and she wanted a toque. A toque and a bike helmet...had to re-adjust the straps of course.

Chris happened to be at the school this morning and saw the girls arrive. He has been wanting to get the girls new bikes, and me being as cheap as I am, have been making him hold off. So what if Beth's bike used to be pink but is now so old it's pale white? Who cares that she has a banana seat older than me? She loves her bike. And Katie's bike, well who wouldn't love a bike that was made out of old parts from the dump? Seriously, we call it the dump bike. When our last renters left, one of the random pieces of junk they left behind was a bmx bike frame. I wanted dh to take it to the dump with the other junk, but he thought he could salvage it. While he was at the dump with the other junk, he found a rim that would fit the bike so he brought it home. It fit perfectly and the tire was even good, so he went back to the dump to search for more treasure. He found another rim and tire which also fit and the tire was also still good. A little WD40 on the old chain and the dump bike was good to go.

Apparently when they arrived in style on their old banana seat and dump bikes this morning (sporting the only helmets this town has ever seen, and jeans tucked into their rubber boots, never mind the toque under the helmet) dh was quite embarrassed, lol. He phoned me from the school to tell me the girls arrived on time and that they needed new bikes. We're moving this summer, to a town that is notorious for bikes being stolen. Can't we hang onto the banana and dump bikes for a while longer since they will most likely just have new bike stolen if we buy them?

Just wait til everyone sees Anna on her Super Bike (she named it herself). It's an old plastic one, with the handle you can push to help them along. And it only has one pedal, and that's a piece of wood that the last owners had put on. The one pedal thing doesn't seem to slow her down.