Yesterday Mom decided that she’d pick up Alice via bicycle instead of car, having had such a grand time with Alice in the bike trailer on a previous occasion. In order to have maximum fun, she made Charles bike with her as well. Mom tells me that things went well on the way there, but unraveled a bit on the way back (despite stopping at the coffee shop just down the block from daycare to boost the moral fortitude of Alice and Charles via snack bribes). Alice waited for a few blocks then declared that she wanted out of the trailer so she could walk home. Mom wanted to get home before it was time to leave again in the morning so Alice’s freedom was callously suppressed. Charles tried to be a trooper but it was a very long trip for him so that he went gradually slower and s l o w e r as time wore on. Eventually the journey was completed. Now Mom’s looking for one of those half bike attachments so Alice can pretend to pedal with Mom and fall off in to traffic.