Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Tyler's first driving lesson

I've always been quite impressed with Tyler's steering skills on a bike and naturally assumed it translated to driving skills in a car. Ha!

We were at Market Market! and they had an outdoor play area for kids and some motorized vehicles for kids to ride on in the form of cars, motorbikes and animals! All of them let loose around a small area with no seat belts or helmets(except the motorbikes), and driven by some little kid. This would never be allowed in the US!!

But i thought, if those Filipino kids can do it, mine can too!!

So, i asked Tyler if he wanted to try it and he said he wanted the motorbike! Alas, he was too short for it, so he reluctantly got into a car. And that's when i realized he didn't really know how to drive!! He was constantly looking somewhere else and the car would just run amok into the crowd or some other kid on a bike. Alan and I, with stroller in hand and camera in another were running around him, shouting for him to turn, grabbing the steering and avoiding other crazy kids! It was quite the scene! haha!!

For once 5 minutes for a ride seemed REALLY long!!!


So, after the nearly disastrous car drive, which he abandoned halfway, he wanted to ride on an animal too, which was equally bad. But we were much prepared this time and Alan walked alongside him while he "drove"

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