And we're off

Anyone who knows Archie will know his a real bike fanatic, much like his racing Uncle and his (I'm sure soon to be racing) 6 year old cousin. Speedway, MotoGp, Motorcross you name it if a bike is involved his sat infront of the tv glued. So this post is partially exciting for him.....

Another milestone hit in the wayland household. It really does make me want to slow down Archies constant accomplishments. I mean his only just turned three!! 

But yes as you can tell this evening we took Archie out on his birthday present. Having purchased his safety helmet this afternoon, we decided to take little dude the short walk to nannys house on his bike for the first time.

No sooner had we sat him on the bike, he was peddling short half peddle stride. This pleased him no end until daddy decided to take charge.

Daddy pushed Archie along to get some speed and made him peddle backwards. Once Archie had got the gist of how the peddles worked Daddy told him to reverse and peddle forwards. It took a few attempts but before we knew it be was off peddling his way down the path with the biggest of smiles on his face.  

We have yet to work the brakes but that will be something for another day..

Safety First....

We have held off allowing Archie on his bike until he got his crash helmet. We took him along to chose what one he wanted today, naturally he wanted them all. We went to smyths toy store in Ipswich, they had a huge selection from pj masks to paw patrol, cars to batman, from block colours to motocross style and everything inbetween. We was helped by Rebecca who made sure the fit was perfect and checked for any kind of imperfections to the helmet. She was very througher making sure Archie felt comfortable but also that it was tight enough not to fall off his head in the case of a fall. Archie was so satisfied with the purchase he left the shop wearing it, a far cry from refusing to even try any on when we entered the shop...

Thankfully it's just a push bike with stablizers, im sure for now he will be happy just to add in his own sound effects. However this got me thinking, it won't be long before his pestering for petrol. I think we best start saving the pennies now. 

What kind of things are your three year olds into? 

Are there any fellow bike mad boys (or girls) out their? 

Feel free to comment below on what your little ones are into.