Wednesday, June 25, 2008

it's a HUTCH

i have been packing this thing around for 11 years now. not really knowing why and not asking, for some reason either. it was just the dads bike from when he was a kid. it had no pedals and the wheels were flat. i'm actually very surprised that i didn't ask why we were storing something that seemed so useless to me.
but now i see.












the boys are just about big enough now so the dad bought pedals and tubes for the tires and got the thing going again. my boys and all the neighborhood boys are enjoying it but not as much as the big boys! it has brought smiles to the faces of many neighborhood dads. turns out the HUTCH was one of the bikes to have as a boy and oh the memories it has stirred. the talk of the tricks they could do on it or the races they raced it in! and it seems that that old bike is worth a few bucks too! who knew!

















do you think the little boys know what a gem they are riding?

3 comments:

Alissa Nicolau said...

The little boys must be so excited to have a fab toy from their Dad. I wonder if it helps them to see him as one day many, many moons ago being young and free like they are now. Is Thing 2 still charging for bike lessons?

LaughAtMe-Laurel said...

LOL! I was like "shaka posted the wrong pics...that's not a hutch!" But I see...you gotta be a male and at least 34 to know this kind of hutch. How fun for the boys...and the BOYS.

LaughAtMe-Laurel said...

p.s. you gotta put some pegs on that thing...now that would be some serious old school fun!