We decided to get Alex an early birthday present when he started lusting over our next door neighbor’s kid’s tricycle (by pointing and crying “Bike, bike, bike!” and trying to run over and steal it).

Rich assembled it last night while Alex was asleep, and we surprised him with it this afternoon. Although he looks all stern and serious in the photo, let me assure you that he loves his new “bike”. He can’t use the pedals yet, but there is a telescoping bar that allows us to push him around in it.

He looks like such a grown up little boy that I can’t stand it!

There was a lot of crying involved when Daddy had to force him to come back inside for dinner. In addition, he wouldn’t let Rich leave the tricycle out in the garage, but insisted that it come back in the house with him. I’m pretty sure he would have brought it to bed with him if we had allowed it and it’s gonna be the first thing he asks for when he wakes up in the morning.