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[rosa_damascena]

My mother just recently gave David a set of blocks that have letters and numbers and pictures on them; last night David started telling us what the letters were.  He knows numbers from 0-10, and my mother was astonished that he also knows most of the letters.  We're not really sure where he picked them up, since Michael says the two of them only

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[ladybluestar]

That is very cute that he's picked that stuff up. I've frequently found it amazing the things that my kids will recall.

Glad to hear about the bicycle. I keep meaning to get my sister's bike from my parents' house, though there isn't really anything close enough to bike to around here.

[rosa_damascena]

Sometimes he surprises me by what he remembers, and sometimes by what he forgets! :-)

Most everything around here is too far to walk and too short to want to take the car. Michael has a child seat for his bike, which David thinks is a lot of fun. Now if the weather would just clear up!

[vivonelcarmelo]

Great about the bike! Having one that "fits" really makes a big difference, says the girl who still rides the bike she bought at age 11.... If I had money I'd buy a new Bianchi.

Yea for David! My favorite toy at his age, I am told, was a set of cut-out wooden letters my dad made with his jigsaw.

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[vivonelcarmelo]

Also, a good bike basket is essential, especially the kind that detaches, with handles. I can do my shopping with mine and just stick it directly back on the bike. Easy!

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[rosa_damascena]

Yep, definitely looking for something like that.

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[mcwest79]

Neat thing about sproingy forks, they're not very rack friendly (not that bike shops stock front racks anyway), and the Wald handlebar baskets look like a grooved head tube waiting to happen. However, Rivendell sells a wide platform rack that looks very attractive and easyish to install ... thinking we need two or three of those if we can pony up the $100/each asking price. Their Baggins brand of bags has big, wide, tapered shopping bags that look excellent and fit perfectly into the baskets they sell.

I saw a wonderful old Peugot mixte on Fleabay yesterday, complete with generator lights and metal fenders, but a certain someone has become instantly too addicted to her sproings and shiny blue paint and to her newfangled trigger-clicky shifters .... :D