Froopy Gets Wheels

Little Anneke has been content to watch siblings on bikes for 7 weeks now.  She seems to understand that she really isn't quite big enough for real bike riding.  However, there has been the occasional wistful comments of, "When I get bigger I can have a BIKE!" and "Everyone has a bike.  Just not me."  These pathetic little statements have pulled enough on our very weak heartstrings that we did a little looking for a used pre-bike.  These push bikes are very popular here and are indeed in the states too, just very expensive.  We hoped that they would be so prevalent in Germany that they would be cheap!  Sure enough... we visited a "Fleamarket" in a neighboring village.  This was probably my best day ever!  Can you say massive streets of garage sales against the backdrop of cobblestones and quaint houses?  Yes!  We were meandering along and sure enough, came across this little used pushed bike for only a few euros.  Yay!  She fell in love with it and rode it and rode it.  For 2 days. At which point both the exterior tires and interior blew out, on both wheels.  We couldn't very well say, "Gee. That was fun.  All gone!"  We completely failed that class at parenting.  So, the replacement of those... well.... lets just say we will be bringing this bike home.  And leaving JB's clothes here...