29Sept2008: Day 127: Bike!

Sorry for the late post. Chris and I watched Grey's Anatomy on-line last night and it was after 11pm so we needed to get to bed. When the day first started, I thought it was going to be a doozy as Makenna was very upset as Chris was leaving for work. But she calmed down shortly after and we got into our normal routine for the day.

Chris actually came home early - before 5 pm! That was a shock to say the least. Shortly after arriving home, the neighbor that he works with came over and brought a push bike for Makenna. He got Makenna up from her nap and she was elated to see a bike, "bike, bike, bike" is all she could say. Since it was still nice out, I suggested that Chris take her for a walk with the bike down to the park while I made dinner.

He came back a short while later and Makenna had a nice bump on her face. I guess she fell off the bike, face first. He said she cried until he put her back on the bike and then all was right again with the world. I figured this is all she'd want to do for the rest of the night and would be upset when she wasn't near it, but she's actually been okay about leaving it alone for the rest of the night. It's now one more thing to try and swindle her way out of going to bed.

We call it a push bike because there's a handle you can stick out the back of the bike and push it. I'm not sure if they have these back in the states. I don't recall seeing them before we left but they probably do, or will soon. She doesn't put her feet on the pedals quite yet. She can reach them if she tries but she doesn't really try. I'm glad we finally got her a bike, as she's always trying to snatch someone else's when we're at the park.