Blue Bicycle

So, Sammy asked us for a "blue bicycle" for weeks. Not a tricycle, a bicycle. We told him he was too small, and then started looking for them online. We found "balance bikes" - bicycles without pedals. The idea is that kids learn about balance and gliding on the bike before they bother with pedals, and they never learn to use training wheels as a "crutch." We ordered one for him, and the day before it came he said "Blue bicycle." I told him I knew he wanted a blue bicycle, and he said "Too small! Won't fit" and asked for a hug. He was pretty surprised to find one in our driveway the next day.

Even funnier is the fact that he's absolutely convinced he has a motorcycle. He always gets bicycles and motorcycles confused, and he heard a truck go by when he first got on his bicycle. Now he's convinced that it is "Sammy's noisy motorcycle."

The first time he fell he asked for a green bicycle instead. I guess he thinks you don't fall off green bicycles.