Bikes & Buses

Brrrm, brrrm. Oh, hi! Just remembering the big, police motorcycle I sat on this afternoon. It was very big and shiney!

Mommy and I went to the Cops, Kids and Commercial Drive fair today. I learned a lot and had lots of fun too! My favourite parts were checking out the police car (bad boys in the back, good boys in the front), riding the tricycles and sitting on the motorbike. Did you know that the policeman has to wear boots because his bike gets really, really hot? He showed me where one of his cabels got melted onto the bike.




The Bike Rodeo was really fun. First I had to put on a helmet, then I got to choose a bike. I chose a green tricycle. To start the race, I had to wait for the light to change from red to green. Next I had to walk my tricycle across the crosswalk properly, then I had to stop at a stop sign and signal which direction I was going next. It took three tries but I got it! After that, Mommy let me go three more times then it was time to go home.

Before we got into the car, I also talked to a lady about 9-1-1. We practiced dialing the numbers on her cell phone and then we talked about when I should call it and when I shouldn't. She didn't think that losing my Bertie bus was an emergency but I did. I got a balloon from the Bike Safety tent and a loot bag from the Welcome tent too.

After a snack on Commerical Drive, Mommy had another interesting thing for us to do. We went to the Avalon Country Fair. I didn't know there was an old dairy in the middle of our city and neither did Mommy. I saw some cows, horses and chickens. I learned that milk comes out of the cows udders and I saw some old trucks that used to deliver milk. I played the milk game and squeezed some udders under a pretend cow. Milk came out into a bucket but when I wanted to drink it Mommy told me it was just for pretend.

I saved the best part to tell you about for the end...I saw a very old, yellow, city bus! Mommy said this is what the buses in Vancouver used to look like. It was a great day!