Pow-pow-power wheels

For his birthday Luca got a power wheels. The next warm weekend he and Josh spent a morning building it. He thought ahead and so the battery was fully charged by the time Luca got up from nap. The thing has three "gears:" reverse, turtle, and bunny. We have it set so that it won't go into bunny because turtle is plenty fast for Luca for now.

We're still working on the whole "steering" concept. It has a really wide turning radius, and that gives him some trouble. He will stop far from something, tell us he's going to hit it and ask us to move it. Sometimes it is just his bubble mower, sometimes it is the swingset. Luckily, it's easy enough to lift up the back of the jeep and adjust his direction that way.

He is very excited for when he can give rides to Tessa. We sat her in it and he wanted to take off. We had to explain that she is just not old enough yet.

Man she loves her brother!

For now we're staying in the backyard. The grass slows him down a little and, you know, we're not worried about him driving into the street and getting run over. Once he figures out how to steer and keep it on the sidewalk, watch out neighborhood!