Missed his own race!

Found a link to the below race on Velonews.com, and did a triple-take when I saw the name. Thought maybe I was delirious, after an active summer day in hot sun.

But I suppose there's still time to catch this event:

Manhan 20K

In muggy 90 degree heat, Grafton and Dad biked 20 kilometers today on the Manhan Rail Trail. We started at the Oxbow Marina in Easthampton and then headed north to, well,  Northampton. After stashing bikes at Dad's work and grabbing a bite at Woodstar Cafe, we made the return trip in the blazing sun. Grafton never slowed down! To keep motivation high, we play-acted the MotoGP World Championship teammate rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Grafton was Rossi and Dad was Lorenzo, and of course Rossi took the win at the end of the day.

24 miles

That's the distance Grafton has covered during his last 3 bike rides, all on the rail trail.

Here's the last one we did together as a family, averaging 8 mph!

 

Candy spot

At Wholefoods, I parked next to a handicapped parking spot. Grafton saw the sign and told me that I couldn't park in a "candy spot".

Snippets

After asking Grafton to brush his teeth yesterday night, he walks into my bathroom holding his rinse cup and tells me, "I'm doing an experiment". (He had mixed soap and water in his cup and was swirling it around.)

Earlier that evening, when Grafton asked me to play cars ("Spy Cars", to be exact), he told me that he would not not be bossy and that I could play the way I wanted to. (This bossy play behavior is something we've been trying to modify lately.)

Another Grafton!

The man in front of us in the GBO airport security line turned around after the security check and asked, "Did I hear correctly that your son's name is Grafton?" We replied that indeed it was, expecting him to comment on the uniqueness of the name (a common response). He then confirmed the spelling with us and then with a look of disbelief shared the nature of his surprise. Namely that one of his three sons too was named GRAFTON!

Shellfish Allergy: Confirmed

We suspected Grafton had an allergy to shrimp, after a Christmas night incident where he purged his dinner. Last night we had scallops. By 10:30pm we knew that shellfish would no longer be on the Kid's Menu at our house. He's doing fine this morning, but had a rough few hours last night. His parents are a little weary as well.