Bicycle Riding

Elliot has had a bike for over a year and a half now and could not get the hang of riding it. Part of it was I was never patient enough to help her the way she needed. Part of it was that our driveway sucks for bike riding (it is flat and narrow at the top and then slopes down very quickly to the street. And part of it was that she would once in a while try and just get frustrated and stop. She never wanted to do it enough to really learn. Yesterday though she just got on her trike first and it just clicked. She finally understood that pedaling forward is how to make the bike go forward. Her knees were practically hitting the handle bars so I pulled out her Dora bike and she gave it a try. It was a little more of a struggle, but she got it! She still sometimes gets stuck and needs a little push to get her feet moving, but she was riding her back (yes, at 4 1/2). Now please don't judge about some of these pictures and one of the movies about not having a helmet on. We've just never told her to get it on because she never really rode or stayed on the bike for more than a couple minutes. When I realized she was going to really be riding, we pulled out the helmet.

This was later at the elementary school so she could practice a little more freely.

We stayed at the park for a while so the kids could play. We had a really nice time.

(Please ignore my chubbiness...remember I am 4 months pregnant and it is definately showing!)

Grey kept wanting to go down the slide on his belly and, of course, Elliot had to follow.