Roadkill

We had a GAWGEOUS weekend, and spent most of it outside enjoying the weather. As promised, we took the new bikes out for a ride and had quite the adventure.

Chris had Quinn in his new bike seat (which he LOVED!) and I had Aidan on the tandem with me. We biked down to the bridges (about a 20 minute ride) and then spent hour playing on the playset and watching the big ships go by. We headed back and that's when disaster struck.

The tandem connection came loose and started to swing. Well, poor Aidan didn't have a chance and fell off the bike while we were going at a pretty good clip. He flew off the bike and then proceeded to tumble. I immediately stopped, threw the bike down and ran to get him. The poor little dude scraped his face pretty badly, and was naturally pretty freaked out about the whole thing. I was holding him in my lap, and Quinn came up and sat down with us saying: "Aidan OK?" "OK Aidan?" It was so sweet.

Chris pedalled home with Quinn while I stayed put with Aidan. Thankfully the tumble happened on a walking / bike path, because I shudder to think what would have happened if we had been on the road. (let's not even go there)

Aidan's doing much better today, and luckily he just has some scrapes on his face. We'll see if we can get him back on the tandem once we have it fixed. It was such an aweful experience, especially since he absolutely LOVED riding the tandem. He kept telling me that I didn't have to pedal because he would pedal for both of us.

Lucky we have such a tough little guy!