Saturday, October 4, 2008

next stop - x games

so we've had this plastic jump for nearly a year now, and although it has been used by many of the kids in the neighborhood, Oliver has really been the only one to attempt any actual daredevil maneuvers. You may remember the show he put on for the neighborhood.

Well, the other day Oliver decided to see what he could do on his bike -


it wasn't long before Brenden had a go -


by the end of the day both boys were clearing the whole thing, landing on the sidewalk. Of course, it didn't come free of tears. At one point Oliver wanted to show Bishop Snow, our next door neighbor, how high he could jump. A little extra speed and a wobbly landing left Oliver lying in the planter, wrapped around a rose bush, and Brenden found himself lying on his side with his bike on top of him at one point.
They're boys, no pain no gain right?

6 comments:

joshua said...
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Anne said...

what is that first comment?? anyway---awesome tricks. we are about ready to take the training wheels off of sy's bike----yikes! and those derby cars are awesome.

Ana said...

Those boys are fearless! Jack thinks they are way cool!

Rachel F. said...

Ah it's so scary for me to watch!! I get so nervous. But I think that's the way it is with little boys.

Annee said...

I didn't know there was any ever hesitancy with the bike jump. In some ways I feel better knowing that it took even the Wiley boys a bit of nerve to work up to using bikes on the bike jump.

Did you really have to post all those photos of the pinewood derby cars? Not to mention that Oliver's was probably just "for fun", right? Our boys are screwed.

sarah said...

listen, annee, you asked for pictures, so you got pictures. beggars can't be choosers.