BMX

The other day, Kyle and I went down to a bike shop and he bought a brand new BMX bike. He'd saved all of his birthday money and his allowance and then we pitched in some as part of his birthday present.

It took him about three minutes, once we were in the bike shop, to pick out the bike he wanted -- no fooling around with him! It was the one he wanted though and he's very happy with his purchase.

We got it home and he went out for a ride right away. When he got home, quite a few hours later, I asked him how his ride was. He showed me his freshly scraped up elbow and hands and said that he was very sore. I asked him if he hurt his new bike and he laughed and said that his bike was fine. He told me that he was riding down the road and came up to a set of railroad tracks which crossed the road at an angle. He kept going straight while his bike decided to follow the tracks. I laughed in spite of myself because I remember doing exactly the same thing when I was a kid.