For Mother’s Day we gave our daughter a morning to sleep in. When we kidnapped Ella & Avery on Saturday morning we took them to a bike shop and got them full blown mountain bikes. We spent the afternoon learning how to break with no feet and how to shift.

After church Ella suggested we ride to Cookie Grandma’s instead of driving (My mom is famous within our family for making Christmas Cookies anytime of the year with her great grand kids. My dad is known as Cookie Grandpa. Hahahahaha). Of course I said yes.

So we packed some drinks and of course a snack and took off. Ends up Avery is a power rider. Does not shift much, but goes like a flying carpet. She did a fantastic job waiting at each door intersection for me to catch up. Ella, on the other hand, was steady all the way and was using her gears exactly the way they are supposed to be used.

We ended up stopping 3 times over those 8 miles - snack and Squirt at every stop. Ha! Avery bailed at the last stop but Ella made it the distance. Well done to both of them.

SHINE!
The Road Rider (aka Papa)

PS Need to get Avery out on a mountain bike trail and Ella on a longer road ride.