Garrett and his bike

For Garrett's birthday sarah and I purchases our oldest son a strider prebike. For those who don't know it is a bike with no pedal and it helps kids work on their balance and confidence by allowing them to use their feet. Anyways it was a nice Sunday and I asked him if he wanted to ride. He jumped at the chance to get outdoors. It wasn't very cold out and snow which was on the ground was starting to melt. We did some laps around the driveway and he fell a few times but it didnt faze him.

Then he saw the snow. He quickly road his strider over to the end of the driveway where the plow had piled up the  snow and there was still a decent amount on the ground. He looked back at me and said "Daddy I want to ride over there," and he started to take his bike into the snow/dirt. I dont know if it was the wind or if emotions got the best of me but im pretty sure a tear trickled down my face. Seeing my three year old take is bike onto the dirt his first time out was awesome. I cant wait for his first trip north up to the single track. I better get in shape before then.

On a side note anyone who has a young child who is thinking about getting them their first bike i strongly recommend the strider or a similar bike. We love it so much that we are probably getting Gavin one for his second birthday.  Pictures to come soon.