On Mother's Day weekend we had a celebration dinner with the entire Galvin clan at Buca di Beppo. Afterward, we headed over to Toys R Us to pick out new bikes for the kids.
Although Elena does not own a single Barbie, she insisted that the Barbie Bike was the one she HAD to have. There were plenty of other choices with characters she loves, including Disney Princesses, Dora, Hello Kitty. However, Barbie was by far and away the favorite option. The grin on her face upon bringing it home is proof that SHE thinks she made the right choice.
After test driving all 47 bikes in his size at least three times each at Toys R Us, Alex chose a yellow super fast racing bike. When we got it home, he rode it around the obstacle course on the driveway with the training wheels on. 
While Alex and Elena tested out their new bikes, Jeff decided to take the training wheels off Alex's old Thomas the Train bike.
Alex figured out how to ride without training wheels right away, with no help from Dad!
So Jeff took the training wheels off the new bike too!
Elena loves riding around on her new bike! Elena took a little ride to admire all the beautiful flowers.
Elena decided a change in shirts was necessary (who knows why), and then played with the obstacle course cones for awhile.
A future cheerleader?
Conehead!
Where is Elena?
Time to get back on the bike again.
The family headed down to the nearby cul-de-sac for a little adventure.
All this riding around is hard work, so the kids took a little break.
Time to head home!
What a fun day!
Although Elena does not own a single Barbie, she insisted that the Barbie Bike was the one she HAD to have. There were plenty of other choices with characters she loves, including Disney Princesses, Dora, Hello Kitty. However, Barbie was by far and away the favorite option. The grin on her face upon bringing it home is proof that SHE thinks she made the right choice.
After test driving all 47 bikes in his size at least three times each at Toys R Us, Alex chose a yellow super fast racing bike. When we got it home, he rode it around the obstacle course on the driveway with the training wheels on. 
While Alex and Elena tested out their new bikes, Jeff decided to take the training wheels off Alex's old Thomas the Train bike.
Alex figured out how to ride without training wheels right away, with no help from Dad!
So Jeff took the training wheels off the new bike too!
Elena loves riding around on her new bike! Elena took a little ride to admire all the beautiful flowers.
Elena decided a change in shirts was necessary (who knows why), and then played with the obstacle course cones for awhile.
A future cheerleader?
Conehead!
Where is Elena?
Time to get back on the bike again.
The family headed down to the nearby cul-de-sac for a little adventure.
All this riding around is hard work, so the kids took a little break.
Time to head home!
What a fun day!