Bike Rider

We have turned a corner in our family. Devin actually WANTS to go for a nightly bike ride. Could the reason for the sudden change be that he thinks it is cool to go one way around the circle while Mike, Grace and I go the other way? Yes, we allow our boy to ride around the block on his bike by himself. It is interesting to hear the comments from our neighbors as Devin goes by them by himself. One neighbor (who is super overprotective but oh so sweet!) actually stopped her run one night to make sure he was delivered safely to us. That was the first night. It happened quite by accident that we were separated in the first place. When we go for walks at night, we always go straight. Well, Devin turned left. We kept thinking we'd run into him waiting for us at one of the crosswalks, but we didn't...until Mother Hen and D came around the corner about a mile into the walk. He thought it was so funny that the next day he tried to go even faster. Then last night, we went faster and didn't run into him. Then I ran ahead and still we didn't find him. Then, at last, at the top of the big hill, nearly a mile and a half into our walk, I spotted the bright orange helmet. He said he got lost. Now, how is it that we've lived in this neighborhood for over 6 years now and we've walked and biked this same path probably 500 times and my boy got lost!?!? Boggles the imagination. Maybe it is too soon to send him out on his own. We'll see if he can find his way tonight!