Bike basket real estate

We went for a bike ride last night around our neighborhood and the kids had to include their dolls in the ride.

The baskets were an important addition to the kids' bikes when we started our trail riding last month because I wanted them to be able to carry their own water bottles and snacks on our rides.

Well, it was a good idea in theory. In reality, L. can't fit her water bottle because after her lunch pack she HAS to also take some random - very important - stuffed animal.

The bear from the Bronx Zoo had to come along on the Portland Trails.

The little cat she sewed was a must on our ride in Brunswick.

So G. usually ends up carrying the majority of the picnic supplies in her basket (a second-hand store find that we modified for her bike that she loves) ...

... and usually L.'s water bottle (and reminds L. about her good deed often).

I usually carry my backpack with the first aid kit, camera, sweaters and random supplies.

The only one who doesn't have a basket Fino. He's "too cool" (as the girls say) for a bike basket. He hangs his water bottle on his handle bars and leaves it to me and G. to carry the rest of the supplies.

But it all works out in the end because he's usually the one with the heaviest back pack when we go hiking.

What do you carry with you when you go bike riding?