Me, Pip, Viv, and Meg decided to go on a bike ride. Well, Meg styled in the stroller with me and Pip and Viv rode their bikes. Pip is quite the strong pedaler ... he'll even stand and use his body weight to get up hills now. Vivie is a beast on that trike! We were doing good, made it all the way up our hill and around the first cul de sac. Exiting there Pip found a "huge" puddle in the sidewalk and perfectly held his training wheels while his back tire could spin. He loved the spewing effect and continued until all the water was thrown out of the puddle. Side effect ... his back was also soaked and this made his shirt stretch even longer and get caught on his seat when he tried to stand.
So later when we had to climb back up this hill to get home (Viv was already off the trike and walking) Pip was giving up. I gave him my full lecture on how "Balases don't give up" but he wasn't motivated. Instead, he was a ball of tears on the side of the road ... "THIS IS A STUPID HILL!!!!" Finally ... and I mean FINALLY under threat of me giving the bike to the kid who lived at the house we were stuck at, he sucked it up and pedalled the bike up the hill and home. Ride started nice, ended ugly.
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