Ben was thrilled to visit the BMX Bike Park with his friends Max and Mick last week. He made small happy screaming sounds as he quickly got the hang of cruising down the dirt hills and around the corners. He got a bit frustrated when he realized his buddies on bigger bikes got more power to make it up the hills, and so the quest for a bigger bike began. "Maybe for Christmas" I said.

After a visit to the bike shop, Mike, the bike store manager gave Ben a few catalogues to look at. After having me circle the ones that were "for kids" Ben quickly picked out a blue bike with a hand bike, and cut it out to send to Santa. "Who are the little guys who help Santa?" Ben asked. "The Elves?" "Yes, we need to give them a picture of the bike I want!"