One of Douglas' coworkers is a single mom. She doesn't have tons of money but still wanted to get her 3 year old son something nice for Christmas. Her father found an old beat up rusty sort of schwinn trike in the trash and pulled it out to keep it. Doug's friend brought it to Doug to see if Doug would be able to restore the bike so she could give it as a present for Christmas. She gave him $20 for paint. Doug went to town on the bike. He stripped it, buffed it out, sanded it down, painted it and then customized it a little. Super cute. The trike turned out awesome! I snapped a couple pictures so we could remember the true meaning of gifts. Giving from the heart. 
Doug white walled the tires, put pin stripes on and even wrote the child's name on the back of the seat. I love it!
I wish the kids were sitting here with me right now cause then I could type the entire info-mercial for all of you. . .BENDAROOS arrived at our house. Our neighbor Marissa came over and brought the kids a set of BENDAROOS to play with and keep. My kids have begged for these for months! Douglas and I never gave in, we stood our ground. Even when we were told they are "no mess, no glue, just bend and stick anywhere." "They don't break, no stains, no mess to clean up. use them over and over again. The magical wax doesn't wear down." LOL!! The kids had a ball creating with these all day!
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oh my gosh, i totally didn't see like the last 20 posts of yours :) i'm going to catch up as soon as riley gives me a break. Tell doug i'll race him anytime, i'll tear him up! hehe JK for sure. i actually have only been on one ride and it was around the block, we borrowed a bike trailer to pull the kdis and just hooked it up to his bike so i've been riding that til he can put it on mine...
Jessica said...
March 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM