Bike Ride to Target

A couple of Sundays ago we decided to visit a little church plant in Midtown.  They meet in a little cafe down there, and they can't get their building until 5pm on Sundays.  I needed to go to Target that morning for a few little necessities, so we up and decided to ride our bikes!  All 3 kids can now ride their bikes without training wheels and have been wanting to go on a bike ride, so we took off.  Most of the ride was on a nice bike trail, but there was one busy road we had to cross and then ride down to get there.  We had the kids walk their bikes during that short stretch.  Before we left Jason gathered up the kiddos and gave them the rules.

 The baby rode in the buggy behind Jason's bike.  He had a blast in there and that also gave us some space to put our Target stuff.  We got a little ways into our ride before I realized Austin had this really awesome belt on with his outfit.  That kid has some style let me tell you.

 When we got to Target this cutie fell asleep and we were able to just lay him out right in the buggy.  But it didn't take long before he woke up and then he pulled himself right up!  This is one of the first times he'd ever pulled up all by himself.  (He doesn't do many things ALL by himself due to his three older siblings that try to do everything for him). :)

 During our adventurous bike ride we decided that we needed to purchase some helmets for the kids.  They probably should have always had them, but since they are now riding without training wheels, and taking such grown-up bike rides, they REALLY needed them. (Side note: Daniel has been riding without training wheels since last year, but he didn't get to ride near as much last summer and well, I guess we just forgot about the whole helmet thing then).

 It took us a little longer than we initially planned to get to Target, and then we ended up spending awhile in Target, so since it was lunch time we decided we better fuel up before we headed back home.  So we rode across the street to Wendy's for lunch and frosty's!

We got back around 3-ish and showered up and then went to church!  It was a WONDERFUL day.  We figured up that it was a 4.5 mile bike ride to go there and back.  FOUR AND A HALF MILES!!  And I'm telling you...those kids did GREAT!  It was a nice leisurely bike ride for Jason and I, but their little feet were pedaling the ENTIRE time and they never complained!  We did stop some for them to rest, but not near like you'd think.  And Peyton didn't cry once.  I mean, who would if they were getting carted around behind a bike with a cool breeze?!  It was so much fun.  We so could have driven to Target to get toothpaste and razors and body wash.  But instead...we turned a boring ole trip to Target into an adventure....thanks to my awesome hubby who thought of the idea!  I hope we do it again soon!