Biking prowess
Last year, we rejoiced that Raina could ride her bike without training wheels. It's fantastic, really, and she's so proud of herself. Our street doesn't have sidewalks, unfortunately, but it does have lots of cars parked on the street and people who speed through at 35 mph .... in essence, it's not safe to send her off by herself yet, so she's limited to biking a continuous loop of garage, driveway, front walk, and front yard. Raina frequently "off-roads" and helps further kill the grass in our yard. Bless her.
It rained over the weekend; the kids were cooped up and they couldn't really play in our mud-pit of a yard. In a word, they were antsy, so we brought the bikes out to see just how far Raina could go. Raina zoomed off and headed straight to the Ross playground. She had no difficulty with the uphill 1/2 mile route and she biked at a pace that required an adult to jog. Nice!
Lola Lou has a tricycle; she pedals around and stuffs chalk and sticks in her little basket and generally has a good time. When she saw that Raina got to bike, she determined that she should be able to bike too and that the stroller wasn't good enough for her anymore. When Lola decides on something, it's a struggle to change her mind and, honestly, we were curious to see what she could do. So Little Lola triked to the Ross playground too. She needed frequent pushes at regular intervals, but she kept pedaling the whole time. Eric's matching pace was more of a slow stroll, overall, but she got there!
Luckily the playground was dry and the girls had a great time getting all their willies out. When Lola announced that she needed to potty, it was time to get back on bikes and go. Downhill biking is SO MUCH EASIER than uphill biking, so the girls got back in good time. Success!
It rained over the weekend; the kids were cooped up and they couldn't really play in our mud-pit of a yard. In a word, they were antsy, so we brought the bikes out to see just how far Raina could go. Raina zoomed off and headed straight to the Ross playground. She had no difficulty with the uphill 1/2 mile route and she biked at a pace that required an adult to jog. Nice!
Lola Lou has a tricycle; she pedals around and stuffs chalk and sticks in her little basket and generally has a good time. When she saw that Raina got to bike, she determined that she should be able to bike too and that the stroller wasn't good enough for her anymore. When Lola decides on something, it's a struggle to change her mind and, honestly, we were curious to see what she could do. So Little Lola triked to the Ross playground too. She needed frequent pushes at regular intervals, but she kept pedaling the whole time. Eric's matching pace was more of a slow stroll, overall, but she got there!
Luckily the playground was dry and the girls had a great time getting all their willies out. When Lola announced that she needed to potty, it was time to get back on bikes and go. Downhill biking is SO MUCH EASIER than uphill biking, so the girls got back in good time. Success!
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