It’s the end of June, and track season is in full swing. So far ThrottleDad, ThrottleGirl, and I have done a few days and two overnights in the toy hauler. My last post on bringing a baby to the track was written almost a year ago when the little one was about six months old. She is now… Read More Taking Baby to the Track Part II
I’ve heard it said about parenting young children that the days are long but the years are short. I’ve found both of those things to be true. It is hard to believe that ThrottleGirl has been with us for more than a year now and that she has gone from a 4.5lb infant to a 20.5lb… Read More 15 Months and Counting…
Did you know you were training to be a parent on that last moto rally you attended? There are more similarities between riding and parenthood than you might realize. Here are 5 ways motorcycling prepares you for taking care of little ones. 1.Learning to Pack Functionally But Lightly Moto traveling is long on fun and… Read More 5 Ways Riding Prepares You for Parenthood
“Do you think she’ll be ok on the drive?” “Do you think she’ll sleep all right in a new place?” How will she handle the noise? The chaos with lots of people, dogs, bikes all over the place? The heat? How will she nap? What about things we haven’t even thought of to worry about??… Read More ThrottleGirl’s first moto track day weekend
No blog by a new parent would be complete without a post bemoaning the sleep deprivation that happens in the first year of your little one’s life, so here is mine. As the stay at home parent and breastfeeding mama, I pull night duty seven nights a week. ThrottleGirl slept in our room in a… Read More I’m so tired
I used to ride everywhere. Because why drive when you can ride, especially in California where the weather is always perfect and lane splitting is legal? When I would lanesplit through traffic jams and zip around cars on the freeway I would look in windows at drivers staring mindlessly ahead and think “poor suckers”. Then… Read More How I became a mom who rides
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