Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Birthday madness

Thanks to a variety of private donors (mostly my mom and dad) Riley got a brand spankin' new power wheels for his birthday. Lucky kid. He has been begging to ride the thing non stop for the past few days, 110 degree heat and all.

Now that he's all practiced up, he has some major skills. He can whip that thing in reverse, maneuver through tight squeezes, and power slide on the pavement. We've even progressed to letting him ride it through some of the less-busy neighborhood streets while I walk beside him. On our walk last night, we discovered our neighborhood already has a resident motorcycle gang of kids who have electric motorcycles or fourwheelers. They had a drag race down the street last night.

I haven't talked to the other mothers about it yet, but i'm thinking we should get them all some bandannas, orange flags, black leather and let them roam the streets at will. They already doubtlessly know how to stop at stop signs and stay on the right side of the road.


Getting Fancy



Riley's toolbox, supplied with lots of tools courtesy of Gmom and Pop. He's been "fixing" things all over the house.




6 comments:

Elly said...

But is it better than a real live tiger?

Lacey said...

Good question. For our purposes, I'm going to have to go with yes.

Lacey Freeman said...

Looks like fun! Chase would DIE for one of those! I'm thinking you should pursue the idea of the bandanas and all that fun!

The Happy Haynie Family said...

How much fun can that be!! Chase will have to come and try it out! Happy Birthday Riley!!

Sharene said...

That looks like fun! I can't believe you have a child old enough for that!

w and w said...

So fun to see pictures of him this old. How crazy! Congrats on keeping him alive and well. We hope we do the same for Annie's 2nd bday.