. . . and was (briefly) the proud owner of a 16″ green Trek bike.  He was so surprised.  He was so fast on it, ripping around the house (because the tires were clean).  Up and down the sidewalk like crazy.  A natural.

The bike was too small for him.  He dwarfed it.

We went straight back to the store.  Cole explained that he was growing a million (or so) inches every day, and so needed a bike to grow into.  Fair enough, the guy agreed but apologized because couldn’t get the bigger bike in green, and Cole said:

That is OK.  I don’t really like that color anyway.

He is now the proud owner of a 20″ yellow and black Trek bike.

And he is even faster.

BTW: this is the last time I buy a bike for my kids in their absence.