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New Bike, New Ride

Yesterday Zoe came downstairs to find her new bike waiting for her. She squealed with delight and was very complementary about Cheryl and I being good parents. Of course we took it out that day, but we also went out this morning to ride around in Lorimer Park. She wanted to start off riding down the trail, which she did for a bit, before moving back to the circle.



She was doing really great riding around, but I suggested that we take a short break and then head over to Rydal East so that she could practice her turns on the paved playground area. That seemed to interest her, especially when I said she would have to swerve through buckets, so we packed up our supplies and made our way to the school.



The pictures weren't doing her performance justice, so I took some videos and stitched them together. It was so windy out that I dropped out the howling breeze for some simple music. Check out some of those turns!


Later in the evening Zoe wanted to go out for another ride at the park. Luckily her bike does fit in the back of the Subaru, so we loaded it in, buckled up, and the three of us made our way to the park. Cheryl took some pictures while she was riding around as the sun set. Zoe was showing off her excellent bike moves and super doofy faces.



There are a bunch of other pictures in the Flickr album from this day and others. Be sure to check them out and brace yourself for lots more pictures and videos of bike riding.

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