A determined boy!

Dane's newest favorite activity is riding his trike down the sidewalk on our block. He doesn't pedal it yet, but he can sure move it along quickly with his feet. He has discovered that there is a little boy who lives in the house at the end of the block, so he likes to ride down there to see if his friend happens to be outside. Tonight, as soon as Dane and Daddy got home, Dane talked Daddy into taking a quick ride down the block. When Dane discovered that his buddy wasn't around, he decided to keep on riding... to the park over a mile away (1.3 miles to be exact!). I was in the house and didn't think anything of the fact that Mike and Dane had been gone for quite a while since they often stop to chat with our neighbors, etc. Pretty soon I got a call from Mike to tell me that he and Dane were almost to the park! By the way, this includes about a 1/2 mile stretch of rocky, hilly desert road. But Dane wasn't about to give up! They finally made it to the park and played on the slides, baseball field, and basketball courts before I drove down to the park to rescue them! Crazy little determined boy!

A few weeks ago, Dane scored this bike from a giveaway through Mike's work. It's pretty awesome! We had it out in the garage, and Dane hadn't paid too much attention to it until this past weekend. On Sunday, he talked Daddy into getting it out for an inaugural run!

Just a shot of Dane taken one morning last week. Dane was enjoying the blueberry smoothie I made him and ended up looking a bit like Hitler (with morning hair)!