Setting Pace in Brain Buckets

Will and Henry were setting pace on helmet usage at yesterday's block party. Does it make me a dork that I take pride in this? ...that my boys are growing up thinking that helmets are cool because their daddy started quoting USATriathlon rules* when they got their first tricycles?



It's a small victory but a sweet one. The overwhelming majority of toddler-centric dialogue inside our house focuses and responds to the fact that Will does NOT listen to much of what we ask him to do. So an outdoor, public display of a time that he does listen to us is worth celebrating, especially since Henry will copy his every move. -HammerHead

*USATriathlon helmet rule -> your helmet must be on and buckled before your leg crosses your bike's top tube. Period.

Back in Business

It's been a while since I posted here. My absence has been a product of distraction, laziness and perfectionism. Basically I thought that if I didn't have time to write an honors-thesis-quality post, then it wasn't worth writing. I finally got over it, so here's to Daddy Blogging 2.0!

What is the smallest size that they make cycling jerseys in? Will already has matching helmet, strider bike and Oakley's. Well, technically he's borrowing the Oakley's, but he knows he can use them whenever he wants to.
I am seriously looking forward to pace-lining down Canada Road and Foothill Expressway when the boys are old enough to ride...and draft. Given how quickly Will has picked up balance on his strider, I'm thinking 10 could be the right age to put the hammer down with Dad.
Of course I know, intellectually, that if he doesn't like cycling when he's older, I need to be ok with that. Kind of like how my dad, who only recently retired from recreational baseball, had to accept that I quit his sport after my first season of tee ball. But Will certainly does love his bike. I wonder when he'll be able to convince me to buy him one with pedals. -HammerHead

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