Biking With Kids

Finally Back on the bike again. We went to the Library, checked out some books and movies and then back home. The kids had so much fun, and I got quite the little workout. :) 

Biking with Kids

We are really enjoying our new bike. Here is a little slideshow/video we made, with video and pictures from Alexis. The words are off at the bottom because I added more pictures and forgot to move the text, oops. :)

Biking with the kids

So last summer all of the kids fit inside the box on my boxcycles cargo bike. Well they all grew so now only 4 can fit in the box. So I needed a solution to go on long bike rides, since Alexis is not that great of a biker, yet. And I found it!! I got a Weehoo i-Go bike trailer, just for Alexis. Now my bike is really styling. We just got the addition to the bike on Thursday and I took it out for a test ride Friday. It is AWESOME, I can feel her peddaling behind me, and I do not notice the extra weight, except on a steep hill, but then I make her help out more. :)





A look from the front!! Alexis is way back there!!

Hi Alexis!!!

I love summer

It was a gorgeous day today, so we decided to go for a bike ride. We took our time, stopped for a butterfly, stopped to blow on "wishing flowers", and singing songs. I love carefree days, these are the days my kids will remember fondly, they are growing so fast I am looking forward to spend the summer at the kids pace, I will stop and enjoy the caterpiller crawling on the leaf, watch the ants building thier "hills", sit in the club house of our swingset and imagine we are on an adventure, yes I want to fully enjoy these moments before they are all gone.

A few photos from today!! :)

yep I am advertising for our preschool on my bike, I am part of the preschool committee, and had this geneous idea to advertise on my bike all summer. What's in it for me?? Well nothing besides feeling good about getting the word out about our preschool. Not only do we have a great curriculum, but an excellent teacher!! So if you are in the area and have not found a preschool come check out Little Hands Of Faith.

Thanks for peeking in on us!! :)

A chance to get a bike like mine for FREE!!!

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my new bike??


Well I do, and did I mention that Will, the owner, from boxcycles took the time to email me and give me pointers on those turns I was having trouble with?? He actually read my blog and sent me a message. Riding and turning are so easy now, I just LOVE it!!


OK so now for the main reason for my post. I keep up on boxcycles blog and just read they will be giving away 1 FREE bike to a lucky fan, yep FREE. All you have to do is become a fan of thier facebook page and you are entered. Here are the details: http://www.boxcycles.com/blog/2010/09/02/1000-fan-challenge/


I really really really LOVE my boxcycle, good luck!!

Thanks for peaking in on us. :)

Around Town in style

So now that I have had my new bike a few weeks. I LOVE it even more today we took a ride to our Library for story time, it is only 2.5 miles away from the house so a little 5 mile ride. :) I decided to add the sides on that go with the cover.

Here is a little look inside at the seat set up.

With 5 kids I need to pack some stuff to bring with. Under each seat there is storage space, and under the front seat I have 6 diapers, wipes, a changing pad, hand sanitizer and a backup outfit for each kids, just in case. Under the back bench, I have the cover for the box area, a tire pump, 6 water bottles and a snack for the way home. :)

So here we are off to the Library, yes I was a bad Mom no helmets this time, but the bike is so easy to ride and doesn't tip, and we go really slow and are on a path, and it sounded good in my head to avoid that extra work. I am still on the fence on that one and we do helmets most of the time.

Look at the little kids in the Library enjoying the computers in the kids area. :)

Alexis and Olivia enjoyed story time and then made an art project!!

Oh what fun they had!!

We checked out 5 books and left. We made it back home, everyone was ready to get out and go inside for lunch!! :)

Thanks for peeking in on us. :)

The first ride on the new Bike

So I got my brand new bike yesterday, and since Alexis wanted Daddy to go with her to soccer, I decided on a test ride with the kids. Keep in mind that I have not been on any kind of bike in almost 3 years.


The kids were pretty excited to get into Moms new bike. And to go off on a bike ride. I was just going to ride a quarter of a mile up our dirt road to the stop sign and back. But once we got to the stop sign Olivia said "lets keep going!!" They were all having fun, and I was surprised at the ease of the bike on the dirt road.


So we road on and got onto the paved path about a third of a mile from our house. WOW the paved path was even easier. I thought am I really riding with an extra 100 plus pounds of kids?? Not to mention the extra 30 I could stand to lose. Not only was riding it very easy, but there was another bonus, I can see the kids and I carried on a conversation with Olivia, my almost 4 year old, on the way.

We turned a few heads in the cars that passed us. And then we crossed paths with another biker and the kids waved and said "hi" to the other biker too. He smiled at us.

When I talked to the owner of boxcycles, Will, he told me that it takes about a half a day of riding around to get used to it. And he also shared that he road around New York City on his boxcycle for 7 hours to deliver a boxcycle to someone. So he really means a half day, 12 hours. So here are some things I found a little hard turning made me nervous, it takes very wide turns and I needed to go slow. I decided to get off the bike and turn it, lucky for me the path is straight. Also I felt a little uneasy when the road was slanted.

Tonight I road about 2.5 miles total, so I figure to get Wills "half day" of experience it will take me about 2 weeks. So after I have broken in myself and the bike, I will give another update.

Thanks for peaking in on us!! :)