October 1st marked a big, big, BIG kid milestone for our Maggie. She learned to ride her bike with out her training wheels. She had tried about a month before with no luck.
After that, we had heard about a certain technique. And it worked! We had heard of taking off the pedals...completley. We had already taken off the training wheels and then also took off the regular pedals. All she had was her legs/feet to get her bike moving. It totally taught her how to balance and glide. After 2 weeks, she was begging Todd to put her pedals back on. So he did.
While he was replacing them, he was giving her a few pointers. She stopped him in mid sentence and said..."Daddy, I got this. Just let me do it." AHHHH! A foreshadowing of days to come, I am sure. But the crazy thing is. She did do it. She hopped right on that bike and took off and rode over 100 ft the first time. We were sooooo impressed! Shocked and excited!
Last time with training wheels...
Both the girls LOVE to ride bikes!
Concentrating so hard...
Getting some pointers...
And then zoooooommmm....there she went! Love her big grin.
A video from her first day of bike riding success....
Love to all...thanks for celebrating in the small (big to us) things!
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