Comments on: Rachel’s Big Kid Blogging- Bike Wreck 101

By: RonF

RonF — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:33:21 +0000

Well, by God, good for you! I run into way too many moms that would take the “let’s keep the kid from getting a skinned knee at all costs” route. Helmets, knee pads, elbow pads, gloves, the whole bit. Now the kid wears the mark of a hero. Good for him, too. The “get back on the bike after you fall” lesson is way, way more valuable than the actual learning how to ride a bike.

La Lubu: I had someone come to me at work with a cut they’d gotten, looking for a Band-Aid. I solemnly put a yellow Mickey Mouse one on them. Much jovial commentary the rest of the day. Let’s say that my reputation is such that absolutely no one was surprised that I would HAVE a Mickey Mouse band-aid at work.

By: Cruella

Cruella — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:56:04 +0000

A not-really-related comment but wanted to let all your blog-stresses and co that the last date for submissions of your fine work to the next carnival of the feminists is tomorrow. You can submit here: http://cruellablog.blogspot.com/2007/07/last-call-for-carnival.html

By: Myca

Myca — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:36:24 +0000

That’s a great scraped knee, Rachel. Tell Branden that he’s earned the right to wear it as a mark of pride. He’s a real cyclist now!

By: SamChevre

SamChevre — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 15:23:23 +0000

In the category of “activities not recommended on bikes”, my wife and her little brother once tried jousting (using long wooden lances cut from saplings, in authentic fashion) on their bicycles.

It didn’t go real well.

By: Rachel S.

Rachel S. — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:59:54 +0000

The problem with shoe tying these days is that they make a lot of slip on shoes. His mom loves to put him in sandals, and the condition that I had when he and I went and got shoes was that they have to have laces.

So we got three pairs all with laces; I’m hoping that will help the cause.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:03:22 +0000

If Branden is like my second you’ll still be working on tying shoes when he’s in middle school. Maybe Branden will get the knack or at least have a lot more desire for cool REAL athletic shoes than mine does. I’m glad he’s okay. Branden, look where you’re going!

By: La Lubu

La Lubu — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:11:37 +0000

Ouch! Poor kid! Hope you got some cool band-aids, like Spiderman or Spongebob or such. My seven-year-old dramatizes every little bump and scratch just so she can get the cool band-aids.

Bunny-ears, or as my daughter says it, “the hard way”?

By: Meep

Meep — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 21:11:23 +0000

I never had any bad crashes, just ran into my cousin head-on. We were fine. (Or maybe not, I don’t remember… )

AHHH THE BIG PUPPY EYES!! THEY BLIND ME!!

By: pheeno

pheeno — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:12:10 +0000

Just wait until he hits a parked car and flies over the top *L*

Happened to my little brother. I swear I had nothing to do with it. That time.