New Bikes!

Congratulations and job well done little Ry!  She’s graduated into a whole new era of freedom….Bicycle riding!  I had the privilege to teach her how to ride a bicycle this week on her new big girl bike.  The whole purchasing of the bikes was certainly an adventure of its own, but having Rylie riding on her own is certainly the highlight.  With Mom’s help we were able to get her starting, riding and stopping her bike with no problems using the backyard as the “safe” place (not minding the projecting steel from the house, the eye level tree limbs and rusted fence and cut off jagged wooded plants protruding from the ground as well as the thorny bushes to hit….the street and cars would probably have been safer, but hey, the grass was soft).  She had her first “outing” this weekend to the stadium (there is a running track there) where she practiced all her skills….by the end of our time, she rode home flawlessly and was quiet excited to be able to do it “Dad, I did it all by myself” she said!

It’s nice to have Ellie already going full speed as she’s already tackling some of the paths and is able to run errands as well as give encouragement to her sister.  After our outing to the stadium, Nichole and I went separate ways to divide and conquer tasks….more shopping for Nichole (her favorite…not!) and for me getting the girls lunch and started on piano practice.  Well, at the halfway point home I realized Nichole had the keys to the house, so I was able to send Ellie lickedy-split to catch up with her and get them.