Striders Striders Everywhere

Picture is of Nico watching a video of a child riding a Strider bike.

This morning we hung out with Allicia and Evie and another mom and baby. Come to find out that Evie and the other child, Miles, both had Strider bikes, too!

In the evening, Nico and I went out and took a walk with his Strider bike. He wanted me to be on my bike, too, so I brought my bike out and just walked next to it. Nico actually walked on his Strider bike the entire time (instead of wanting to be carried most of the way), we went around the block and were gone for 45 minutes. I think I will raise the seat a bit on his bike because I think it may be too low and that's why he hasn't thought to sit on it yet.

Strider and Zoo

Nico received two of his birthday presents today, from Grandparents Salisbury. We went to the zoo this morning to get a zoo membership. We were hoping to visit the butterflies, but they don't open until 10 and we had to be home by then. So we just saw the lions and a few random monkeys before heading home.

Then later this afternoon, his strider bike came in the mail! The strider is a bike with no pedals. When kids first use it, they just walk with it, until they feel comfortable sitting. That's what Nico did when he got on it.

Later this evening, we watched some videos of kids on strider bikes on YouTube, and he went and got his strider bike and got on it and walked back and forth in the living room with it while continuing to watch the videos. He even asked for his helmet after seeing the kids on the video wearing theirs. He has already perfected getting on the bike. He holds both handlebars and then picks up his leg over the seat. To get off the bike, he just pushes it to the ground and steps over it.

Rained Out

We got rained out at the park this morning! So we came home, smelling like wet dogs, and sat on the couch and watched a 10 minute video of a parade of emergency vehicles, all with their sirens on. Nico has really been enjoying watching car videos. He'll hand me the iPad and sign "car" if he can't figure out how to get to the videos in YouTube. He can literally watch the same 10 minute video a few times in a row, sirens blaring!

He also likes to watch car hydraulic competitions on YouTube.