A Big Boy Ride

This past weekend we bought Evan his first big boy bike. We gave him a choice of about four different ones, and he chose the red one. It does have training wheels, but I have a feeling he won't need those for very long.

When we got home from the bike shop with his new ride we rode all the way around our block, which is really like riding around six blocks. He just bolted right down the street without hesitation.

Every few minutes he would stop because he wanted to get off to "take a break", when really what he was doing was taking time to take in the moment.

Evan 's bike riding break looked something like this;

He would get off of his shiny new bike,

step back, look at it, look off into the distance,

and then get back on,

only to take another break to repeat the whole routine in about three minutes time.

Another one of the many things I love about you Evan.

You teach me to stop and take a break,

To take time to soak in the moment.

Enjoy the now!