On Sunday Zoe asked if we could go to the park so she could try to ride her bike. The catch was, she wanted to take off her training wheels and ride all by herself. We packed up her bike, her helmet, and a wrench and drove down the street to the park. I took off her training wheels, she put on her helmet, and we were off. Here are some pictures of the first outing.
And here's a little montage of the video that was taken for the first day.
Overall she did really well that first day. On Monday she was excited to get back and try some more, so Zoe and I went back to the park. Since it was only the two of us, there weren't as many pictures taken, but she did pose on her bike for me, in full pads.
And before we left, she wanted desperately to try and ride all by herself. When she did that, I was able to take some video.
Today, after we ate dinner, we went back to the park to try riding some more. We walked down to the spot where we were riding the other days and I started to hold her up when she said, "I want to try it myself," and then proceeded to ride for about 20 feet all on her own. She stopped and I realized that she doesn't need my help any more, so I took some video of her riding around.
I was also able to take a few pictures, as well.
So, in less than 2 hours over 3 days Zoe can now ride a bike. Of course, she'll probably continue to wear all of her pads, which is for the best, but she's good to go. Now I need to fix up my bike and we need to get Cheryl a bike so we can all ride together. You can see a bunch of other pictures in the Flickr album, too.
Of course, when we got home, Zoe had be blow up her 6' 6" unicorn sprinkler, but that's a whole other story.
We'll revisit that once it gets warmer.
And here's a little montage of the video that was taken for the first day.
Overall she did really well that first day. On Monday she was excited to get back and try some more, so Zoe and I went back to the park. Since it was only the two of us, there weren't as many pictures taken, but she did pose on her bike for me, in full pads.
And before we left, she wanted desperately to try and ride all by herself. When she did that, I was able to take some video.
Today, after we ate dinner, we went back to the park to try riding some more. We walked down to the spot where we were riding the other days and I started to hold her up when she said, "I want to try it myself," and then proceeded to ride for about 20 feet all on her own. She stopped and I realized that she doesn't need my help any more, so I took some video of her riding around.
I was also able to take a few pictures, as well.
So, in less than 2 hours over 3 days Zoe can now ride a bike. Of course, she'll probably continue to wear all of her pads, which is for the best, but she's good to go. Now I need to fix up my bike and we need to get Cheryl a bike so we can all ride together. You can see a bunch of other pictures in the Flickr album, too.
Of course, when we got home, Zoe had be blow up her 6' 6" unicorn sprinkler, but that's a whole other story.
We'll revisit that once it gets warmer.
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