Tomorrow is my baby sister Sofia’s birthday, and let me tell you, figuring out what to get a 2-year-old for her birthday is not easy. I don’t do gender-specific gifts, which eliminates frilly clothes, Barbie dolls, and Easy-Bake Ovens. I can see that her mom’s family is in pink overdose mode, and while I’ll admit Sofia looked like an adorable little princess today in her pink blouse and shoes, I refuse to run with that theme.

Nope, I plan to fill my sister’s future with Lego blocks, Tonka trucks, Geotrax, dinosaur figures, Star Wars toys, and science-related items like microscopes and telescopes. After much deliberation, Dave and I (along with my brother and his wife) decided to buy Sofia a Kiddio Supertrike 4 tricycle (image at right).

I did a lot of research to determine the safest tricycle to purchase. The model we chose received great reviews on Amazon, but did you guys know that tricycles were such potential death vehicles? Cuz I sure as hell didn’t! Check out some Amazon customer reviews of various other tricycles:

– Trike with handle:

In a couple of months of light use, the front bearings are shot. Also, didn’t realize it until we got the trike home — it has no brakes!!!!

– Fold-up tricycle:

My daughter rode this 1 time down the sidewalk only a few houses and tipped over 4 times.

– Girly pink and purple tricycle:

Simply touching the handle bars on this trike, and the whole thing goes down!

You notice how it’s the girl’s trike that’s the worst quality?

There’s your 2-year-old in her pink frilly dress on her new pink and purple trike when BAM! — down goes your little princess crushed under the wheels of her new ride.

Don’t worry, Sofia, your birthday gift won’t topple over onto you. It’s a non-death trike.

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