The Big Surprise! ( New Bikes )

Good Morning!
I hope all of you were able to have a peaceful start to your day.

I forgot the Big Surprise we gave the children yesterday.
After the kids had opened the gifts and were under the impression that the gifts were completed they had settled into playing with and becoming acquainted with the things they had received.
Daddy Man and I slipped away into the master bedroom closet where the night before he had retrieved these from the grandparents home across town. He had returned late and cold to stow them for Christmas Morning. We decided not to leave them out in the living room.
We entered the room as I spoke to Dove...I said... Dove, I forgot this in my closet..." She looked up slacked jawed and amazed with glee and wonder. Then Dash saw Daddy with his following behind me.
OH! THE GLEE!

Before the crisp of the day changed into a bluster of Desert winter chill...
We took them out front to ride the bikes.

Little Dove was so sleek on hers. She had desired a blue one.
Her other bike was a yard sale find that she had purchased with the money she had earned herself. It was so worn out. We are so thrilled to be able to give them such a gift.
We got the very basic bikes. The lack of the hand break will help them to be able to ride with less complication. (side benefit was that the cost were kept low). Most of the bikes I saw all had lots of extra gears and such. We kept it real simple. That is important to the overall success of the experience for them. With fine motor problems it can really help.

Dash struggled with his bike. Then Daddy man lowered the seat as far as he could. He eventually mastered it after several falls.
Later today we have a ride to look forward to. Once it warms up.
The desert winter has come to chill us well.