A Boy and his Bike(s)!

If you notice the title of this blog I didn't make a typo.  It does in fact say bike(s) as a plural noun.

Our dear son loves pretty much everything he lays his eyes on.  He loves even more to act like a grown up and desires to do grown up things.  Last year I scored my precious boy a bike on Black Friday for $12.00 at Walmart.  No, the bike was not Huffy quality, but as a new bike lover it did the trick.  Anyways, he rode it all of maybe 3 times.

So this year, as he grew like 4 inches, we talked about riding bikes more with him and decided he was in much need of a bigger bike.  And watching the X games helped him decide he was all in to be a "real" bike rider.  So at Christmas my parents got him this cool "old school" looking bike!

This picture may be the only time this bike has been sat upon or rode.

So again we talked more around his birthday in March about getting a larger bike that he may be more inclined to riding. A bike that looks like it belongs at the X games. I also think Mike was a little embarrassed about the $12.00 Walmart bike.  Mike likes pricey toys!!

So for his birthday we took a trip to Toys R Us, where they were having a Bike Trade In sale.  Cool idea~you trade the old for a discount off the new.  Lucas tried out tons of new bikes and decided on this rad one!

This time he did try it out more.  He even took a bike ride around the block with Dad!

Until...he was asked to ride his bike up the driveway and toppled over due to lack of speed.  There in the corner of the garage it has sat collecting spider webs and dust for about 2 months!

Along comes 4th of July.  A normal evening of events occurs.  The local church where we are watching the fireworks show has a bounce house and is having a bike drawing in 10 minutes.  Well, our kid never misses an opportunity to bounce his brain around in a sweat box, so Mike takes him over to bounce and sign him up for the drawing.  As I watch them walk away I told some friends that they would be back with a bike.  That's just our kinda luck! 

Low and behold, and I wish I had a picture of this, a man and his overly happy son coming at us in the parking lot.  The Dad holding onto the back of a brand new set of wheels and the son, arms raised high to the sky making the hang ten sign with his hands!

GUESS WHO!

Yep, Lucas won the bike!!!!

As they got closer something about the bike seemed off.  Not sure if it was the look on Mike's face or this...

Lucas had won himself a bike!  An awesome pink and purple trick bike with "Ride Like A Girl" on the side of it!

He could not be any happier!

Now the 3rd bike sits in our garage and all Lucas can talk about is riding his new bike! 

Luckily, the bike came with a gift receipt, but last night I took a spin on "Ride Like A Girl" around the block  and even though the neighbor gave me a weird stare, like I stole it from a kid, and my lady parts were sore this morning, I think Mom may have herself a new ride!

So if your in the neighborhood don't be surprised to see "Ride Like a Girl" busting an wheely around the corner, while my kid cries at the end of they driveway on his boy bike!