Wednesday, November 18, 2009

An Early Birthday Present

One day, a couple of weeks ago, when the weather was really nice, Daddy came home with a surprise for Catherine in the trunk of his car:
Oh my, look at that. It's a new bicycle!

Catherine is thrilled and immediately tries it out(and Joseph is back there looking to see if there's anything else in the trunk of Daddy's car).


Catherine happily rode around while the other kids watched (yes, there behind her is SuperDom).


She shows everyone the cool pack that attaches to the front handlebars, which came with a water bottle. You can't help but get thirsty when you ride your bike.


Then one day soon after, it was time to get ready for the big transformation: No training wheels!

Ready, Set, Go!!


There were many rides that ended like this:


She is still smiling, though, and so very proud of herself!
For the record, she has ridden all the way from the hill near the pond over to the big shed without falling. With this latest cold spell, the learning has been put on hold, but we hope to resume soon.



3 comments:

Kansas Mom said...

How nice you have someplace she can ride! I'm a little worried First Son will never learn because there's no space for good bike riding.

House of Brungardt said...

Ooh, that's too bad. Do you have a lot of hills or trees?

Kansas Mom said...

Yeah, lots of uneven ground and gravel. We'd like to make a little bike / hiking path, but that's a number of years in the future.