Thank God he's ok!

We had a scare today. We went for a bike ride together as a family. (Dave was on his rollerblades.) We were having such a fun time following the path around our subdivision. We came to a point on the path where Dave warned us that the path was steeper. He wasn't sure that we should go on it. Although we knew it was steep, because we warned the boys to pump their brakes the whole way down, we thought they'd be ok. In retrospect, we should have gone with Dave's gut instinct.

It didn't seem too steep at first. I was going very slowly with Evan on the back of my bike, and I could see the boys up ahead of me. It did get steeper at the bottom, and Seth lost control of his bike. It was scary to watch, but fortunately all he got were a few scrapes and bruises. Dave was trying to make him feel better by saying that he would have an exciting story to tell his friends. Seth would have none of that. He said that he didn't want to tell them, because if he did, they might want to go on the big hill too. :)

Of course, I've been replaying the scene in my head quite a few times today. As his mom, I guess that its hard not to do that. I've been saying a lot of thank-you prayers that his guardian angels kept him safe.

Caroline has been practicing and practicing to ride her bike without her training wheels. Dave has been getting some good workouts running alongside her! Today she rode about 15 yards all by herself, and is so excited to practice again tomorrow.