Chick Hicks

It was rainy at the worst possible time last week---right after I just got my new green bike. Fortunately, things cleared up by Sunday, so Daddy and I went out for a ride. He rode his scooter while I rode my bike. We went to the now slideless "slide park" to ride around.

An aside: The slide park used to contain a slide and other play equipment. Somehow, this equipment was not "up to code" and so was removed. What is left is a kind of playground rubble---a concrete rectangle full of sand and debris with no stuff in it and a mound of dirt where a wooden climbing thing used to be.

Back to our story. After riding around for a bit, Daddy proposed a race between bike and scooter. Eventually, we morphed into characters from the movie Cars. He was The King while I was Lightning. A little bit later, I observed that, since my bike was green, it made sense for me to be Chick Hicks. Now Chick is not a very likable character in the movie and normally I wouldn't want to be him, but somehow it made sense for me to be him this time. We raced a whole bunch of times. Sometimes The King would get a big lead and then decide to visit his sponsor's tent in the middle of the race. He would only realize his mistake when a blur (me) zipped past on the way to victory. Racing is really fun.

My Bike

I rode my bike in the park accross the street today after school. I had one fall, on a turn coming off a small hill, but I got back on and rode some more. I liked riding in circles and ovals on the basketball court area! I *love* my green bike!

A Boy and his Bike

Today, I got a really cool two-wheel bike. It is a spectacular bright green color with black and silver accents. Even the seat is green! I love it! We had been investigating bicycles, but the ones we had seen before were boring blue or red. Then, today, we lucked into one that had just arrived at the store, and it was the color of my dreams! I am so excited. I couldn't ride it much today since it was dark when we got home, but I rode it a bit in the hall (the only day this will be allowed, I hear). When I got off, I was dancing down the hall practically clicking my heels together in the air. What a great day!

(I'm also including a photo of me on Superbowl Sunday. We had some friends over to watch the game and eat lots of snacks. I would have been more interested were my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers playing, but given my choices, I rooted for the Bears. Unfortunately, the team with the boring blue and white uniforms won. I did get a cool football balloon though, as did my friend, Roxy.)