The week of the Bike

This was the week that we read The Bicycle Mystery, Boxcar Children #15 (not to be confused with The Great Bicycle Race Mystery, Boxcar Children #76) as our bedtime story.  In keeping with the theme Sheela convinced Sunil to dust off his bicycle and actually ride it.  While denying that he was afraid to ride he has made no secret of the fact that he would rather do anything else since proving that he could ride without the training wheels nearly a year ago.  He is now quite a little show off and he is pushing us to arrange the family bike ride through Dinosaur Valley that we've been using as a carrot.  We've finally managed a few family bike rides in the evenings.  Sheela and I rode our bike to dinner on Friday (while Sunil and Sid went fencing) and to lunch on Saturday (while Sunil and Sid were cubscouting).