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Today was my first day off after working my 2-day week at Practical Cycle. Learning the ropes and talking about bikes all day is pretty awesome. Shipping off the kids twice a week has its benefits but I'm nervous about leaving them with a stranger all day. Luckily, I've had grandma so far but her limit is coming up. I'm meeting with a daycare provider tomorrow. Fingers crossed that she's as awesome as I hope. 

One super perk of working at a bike shop--free parts...sort of. I mentioned that Big Brother needed longer handle bars because he leans over too much while riding. His favorite thing to do is to rub his face on my back as I pedal. It's sweet but a little creepy. He also decided to rest his head on the saddle one day as I stood up to pedal across an intersection. I spent the next minute asking (yelling) for him to get up so I could sit down. We had one afternoon when Jose was going to pick him up after spending the day with 'Nama and he hadn't had a nap. He was so tired that they decided to drive home since we didn't have the Peanut Shell on the Mundo and they didn't trust him to stay awake well enough to hold on. I need to put the Shell back on for situations like that. However, back to the parts...check out his "new" ape-hangers! 

Also, notice how enthralled Little Brother is. I figure, the more buttons I have on my handlebars, the fewer temper tantrums he'll have. Between my Xceon Acouztic light/mp3, the bell, and my new blinky grips, he's in heaven (most of the time...). It's only annoying when I want to actually listen to an entire song. He goes for quantity over quality. However, look at this face. 

And this one:

And then, look at it now:

I also wonder why little boys have so many cars to play with. Big Brother thinks they're such a novelty. Are there any toy bikes that he can zoom around with? 

Still managing to bike every day. Today's adventure consisted of visiting Here's The Scoop, a local ice cream shop that my mom and I had bought Groupons for. Today was the last day to pick up our 5 punch card. Lo and behold, closed! How disappointing! The shop looks like it's closed for good which is even more disappointing. These were our sad faces. It's kind of hard to make a sad face when you're having a great morning out for a ride. Big Brother didn't quite get why we were sad. Little Brother really felt the pain. 

Finally, the rest of the afternoon looked like this: 

I did zip out again on the Mobic to pick up scotch tape. I really should have taken the Mundo as I ended up also picking up a gallon of milk (it was on sale). I had to ride home with the milk in my cloth grocery bag over my shoulder. Not fun! It was only a mile but so uncomfortable. The Mundo would have made that a piece of cake. Learned my lesson. 

Don't forget that Kidical Mass is this Sunday. We'll will start & end at Grant Park at C and 22nd Streets in Midtown. The timing will mirror our July ride: 5:15 for a picnic, and a 6:00 ride around Midtown/Boulevard Park. We might even have Pop Cycle Creamery make an appearance! Yum!!!

Also, September 1st is our Davis Farmer's Market ride. Tamales and milkshakes await! We leave at 9am from Practical Cycle (114 J st. in Old Sacrament). Be there!