Scootin'

For his 2nd birthday Kian scored big. Train set, play table, tons of hipster clothes, cool rubber boots, and a new bike... yeah, he's catching up to daddy and now has three bikes (trike, 12" wheel bike and his new scoot). The first few days he was a little tentative on the new bike because its a balance bike, the latest new thing for kids getting into bikes: the idea is that without pedals they learn to balance and glide first. I tried taking the drive-train off his "fatboy" (the bike that I bought for Kian's cousin Reid 10-years) so that he could use it as a scoot, but the stand-over height was too much so I broke down when I saw the lines on this 2011 model Specialized Hotwalk. Pretty racy.

After about a week he started coasting on his own and now he's a little daredevil, rippin around. Last week we took him over to Greenlake and he got so daring he accidentally rode right into the kiddie wading pool: it shook him up for a few minutes but we dried him off and he was right back at it.

Scootin' around at Greenlake.

Daddy's turn to scoot, so hang on!

If only daddy had some cool red shoes too.