Danny's Ride on his New Bike

The weekend before we left for Hangzhou, we had a barbecue with the general manager's family of Dustin's company's sister division. (Wow that is a mouth full). They were the couple that joined us here in Shanghai back in September to help navigate the city and look for housing and schools. They ended up moving to the community directly next to ours, so we decided to get together and have an American barbecue.

To our wonderful surprise (Danny's most of all) they had bought and hid in their garage a bike for Danny. We had mentioned previously that we were thinking of getting one for him, and they had went ahead and purchased him one. He of course was over joyed by this and so excited to ride it.

We had been practicing in our familyroom, but I decided that we should bring over a nice thank you gift and that it would be fun for Danny to deliver it on his bike.

So after our morning jaunt to the store (the one within walking distance), we picked up our cookies, card and Danny's bike and set off. I was quite proud of Danny, as he did really well for being one of his only times outside riding the bike (he rode it home they day we received it). The only problem for me was that he wanted my hand on it at all times. This normally is not a problem, except that I was also pushing Josh in his stroller. We could only have been one hilarious site with me pushing Josh in front of us with one hand, while holding onto Danny's bike handle with my other and trying to coach him into peddaling and then steering and then braking at the appropriate times (his biggest struggle was either looking at what was going on around him, or only his feet).

We finally arrived, and they were so excited to see us. We ended up staying for lunch, and Olga helped me push Josh home while I assisted Danny. By the time we arrived home he was doing extremely well. He is going to have a blast once he gets the hang of it. Now we just have to find something for Josh, as he believes he should be able to share this new toy of Danny's.