Happy 5th Birthday, Collin!!

5 Years Old

Zuanich Point Park - 9 a.m., Birthday Morning

We woke up Saturday morning, and loaded into two vehicles. One destined for the Bagelry. The other for Starbucks. We met back up at Zuanich Point Park on Bellingham Bay!

Kate sang and danced her way through the park (as she does through much of life these days!)

Then Kevin wheeled out Collin's new bike.

Owen: WHAT?!
Collin: It's just like my old bike.

But oh it was not. After a few moments of assessment, Collin seemed to recognize the new bike had bigger tires and a bigger frame (I think the translation in his head was: more SPEED!) and the novelty of the gift hit home. Just like that, he was off!

From that moment on and for the rest of the day, his greeting to everyone was: "Hi! Have you seen my new bike?! Come on!" He rode it nearly all day (and the next day, and the day after that, and the day after that, and he's probably riding while I type this).

*Unfortunately, although we'd told him we were going to give him his birthday gift at the park that morning, we never actually said, "Here's your birthday gift" as we gave him the bike. As we left the park and then again sometime later in the afternoon, he asked "Can I have my birthday present yet? How about now?" It took some convincing for him to appreciate that the bike WAS his birthday gift ~ but once he understood, he was NOT disappointed!
Owen was quick to realize that a new bike for Collin meant an "old" bike could be a "new bike" for Owen! He and Kevin quickly re-positioned the seat of the green Trek, and Owen jumped on! He declared the little red bike is now "for Kate, when she's ready ... but we have to put the training wheels back on because she's not big like me yet."
(as if we wondered where Owen got some of his crazy ideas ... see pics coming up!)