Mobile Family Four

Today was a good day. The first day I got the bike out this season and left the street. We all went out after it did some minor bike repair. We put the kids in the trailer and biked 6 km to the not-nearest park.

This is a whole other realm for us again. Bike moble. Load the kids up, pack some snacks and off we go!

Don't get me wrong, I like our van for moving the kids around, but it's a different ball game being able to get to a park, let the burn off energy and allow us to burn off energy on the to and from. 

I'm actually a bit embarrassed this year. I think I'm the fattest that I've been for a while. At least last year I set up the exercise bike stand in the basement and used it occasionally. Not this winter. I need to exercise more, for my mental and physical health. We all know that I'm not going to give up pastry, lattes, beer, bacon or anything else that I love. So, biking once again will help fix these problems.

I enjoyed going for bike rides with Alice last year when doing daycare pickups, but I don't think that I will do it now we have a second vehicle. Not because I'm lazy, but because the route sucks. Sure, pulling 60 lb plus of kids and trailer isn't my first thought of what to do at the end of a long day, but the stress of wondering how safe I'm being and if it will be enough. I think that I'm more careful biking than I used to be, but pulling kids around roads makes nightmare sanarios through my head. Ah well. 

But, yay biking!