Pedal Faster!

On September 20th, our little family ventured out to Minnehaha Falls and rented a bike and toured the park for an hour. We really enjoyed the amazing weather and had a picnic, afterwards, to make it even more fun!

I couldn't help but laugh at our cuties once the bike helmets were on.... Gianni, of course, had to have one that matched brother's! We had to be patient and wait for the next bike to come in and I was sure that Dominic Jr. was going to spontaneously combust because we had to wait for a four person bike, not the six person bike that they had plenty of to taunt him with! But finally we did indeed get a bike and it was blue just like Jr. wanted! I don't think Gianni had an opinion, as long as he could climb all over it.

So, once we went through the 30 second "training course" we were off, with a hand drawn map of the perimeter of the park. Of course it was a very busy day at the Falls, which made the ride that much more fun...let's just say if we were counting points for taking out feet and people...we did well! But, don't you worry it was all worth it because we were making our "front seat drivers" very happy, because all they both kept shouting was "Pedal Faster!" I think they were also our saving graces from making some of those injured bystanders get really mad at us, they were just sooo cute! Gianni's smile can melt anyone's heart! Along the way there were also some close calls and of course, we got a little bit lost, but Dom and I were completely surprised, when we realized we needed to hurry back to return the bike. So, we returned the bike, ate our lunch and enjoyed watching our boys sword fight with large sticks they found under the trees.

I can handle this, oh yeah, I can handle this...