"Bike!" they'd say. "Bike! Mine! My bike! Up, up, up!"
Then we'd explain that it was not their bike, and I made them say bye bye. Imagine their excitement then, when on one Saturday morning, my husband set off in search of baby girl bicycles. I was excited for them. I told them over and over while we waited for him to come back, "Daddy's getting your bikes. He's getting them right now. Bikes? Daddy's getting you bikes!"
Little did I know what I was doing.
When he did come back, of course, it was time for a nap, and by the time they were up, my husband and I had totally assembled, pink tiny bicycles waiting for them.
Only, I was no longer part of the equation.
As the babies had cutely repeated my mantra of "Daddy! Bike!" back to me that morning, they must have connected those two terms permanently in their minds. So that when we went to take the bicycles outside and ride around on them, I was not allowed to touch the bicycles. Any time I went to push, or help my husband in anyway, we'd end up with a screaming toddler.
"No, mama! No! Dada push! Dada bike!"
And, honestly, they'd rather push it themselves than let me near it.
Of course, I don't really mind not having to push a 30-pound toddler on a bicycle, so I suppose it's a win-win.
Take the pedals off - let them push themselves. :)
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