This is Brandon's bike. It is blue with purple accents and is very battered. That's because it's really Nadia's old bike that was just spray painted blue. Now why would sane parents give a girl bike to a little boy? I will tell you. We are cheapskates and didn't want to spend $70 on a bike Brandon wouldn't ride because it only had two wheels. Forget that it has training wheels on the side to help, this is not a three or four wheeled vehicle, and therefore unsafe to little boys named Brandon.Then Daddy made him get on, with the usual kicking and screaming. I told you, he really is Anti-Change Boy. Once again, it was proven that Mom and Dad are really not trying to kill Anti-Change Boy, they just want to show him how fun new things can be.
Now he loves the bike, and asks when we can go ride to the park or church. Don't worry, next year he will have a real boy bike. Now that we know he'll actually ride one, we will invest the money to get him one that is boy cool. We may be cheapskates, but we're not super villains. Unless we're potty-training.
2 comments:
I think it is perfectly aceptable to be cheap. Besides, until he is ready for a big boy bike there is nothing wrong with an older bike. Buy some blue duck tape and use it on the handle bars, he'll never now;)
Good for brandon on this change. And you're not any meaner than us. Good luck with other changes!
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