One big step for K-Girl

A little background...

On our recent trip to Canada we had along K-Girl and E-Man's scooters because they were small and were easy to pack. When it came time to leave I totally forgot about them being that the last time the kids played with them they had parked them in the garage. I only realized that we had forgotten them once we were just an hour and a half from home...there was no going back for them. Not one of my finer moments, but these things happen.

This past Sunday K-Girl took her bike to Nan & Pap's house and being that she's nearly 7 we thought it's time to take off the training wheels and learn to ride without. Well we tried taking off the training wheels. She pretty much had a nervous breakdown so we put them back on. Since we don't have much area to ride bikes at our house we took the kids' bikes over to the school that isn't too far from here and let them ride there for a while after dinner. After K-Girl was off speeding around we told her it was time the training wheels came off and this time stayed off. She broke down crying and basically told us she was going to die without them. I took her around holding onto her and she'd chant "I can't do this I can't do this I can't do this" over and over. I told her to knock off the negativity because once you decide you can do it you will do it. Shortly there after I was barely holding onto her and then a little while after that I was jogging beside.

The following video was taken later that same evening...

Now that she gets it she is obsessed. The first thing out of her mouth in the morning is asking if we can go bike riding later. I'm glad we finally just gave her the push she needed. It's obvious she was ready. All that was lacking was a little confidence.