On the Move, Finally

Reesi got a new bike for her third birthday, but our neighborhood was not really bike friendly so she never really rode it. Then we moved to a very bike friendly neighborhood, but somehow the bike got lost in the move. So for Christmas Reesi got a new bike, but she was not excited and wanted nothing to do with it. She was content to simply ride her little tricycle. She would ride her big bike when she turned five.

Last weekend Reesi and I took the tricycle out for a ride around the neighborhood. She was having some trouble with the plastic wheels spinning and I told her if she rode her big bike she wouldn't have that problem. When we got back from the ride she decided to try out her big bike (with a little force from me).

It has training wheels so, of course, she could ride it immediately. She kept yelling, "I'm doing it. I'm doing it." We rode right away to Grace and Lyla's to show them. Reesi made me knock on the door while she stayed on her bike so they could get the full effect when they came out. Since both of them are riding big bikes without training wheels they really weren't that impressed.

Reesi kept saying, "I'm riding a two-wheeler" and they would quickly correct her and tell her that it is not a two wheeler because it has training wheels. It didn't phase her. She was so excited.

She woke up the next morning at 6:30 wanting to ride her bike. I made her wait until after church and then we met Grace and Lyla at the culd-a-sac by my house for a afternoon of fun. It was a beautiful day (60 degrees!) and Jenny and I enjoyed relaxing on the park bench while the girls played.

Now it is back below freezing so she has been riding her bike around our living room. She can't wait to get back outside.

Two years to work up the courage to ride the big bike with training wheels. At this rate, she might even take of the training wheels by the time she turns 12!!