Julia has always been drawn to anything with wheels. Two years ago we stopped on a whim at an REI and bought her a balance bike. She took to it right away and was soon whizzing around. At the start of this summer we decided that Julia was ready for a two wheel bike and bought her a great one with training wheels. She was soon zooming around on that as well.
Two weeks ago I watched her ride down the driveway and balance perfectly with neither training wheel touching the ground. I asked her if she felt ready to take them off. She yelled “yes”, so I grabbed my wrenches and off they came.
We spent about 30 minutes practicing with me holding on to the back of her seat. She was a little unsteady, she would stop for a while kneel next to her bike and say to herself “I just need to focus”. Finally she stopped ran into the garage, I figured she was too frustrated to keep trying. But when I asked her what she was doing she said, “I am going get my balance bike to remember how to balance”.
I then needed to run after Benjamin and when I turned around and saw this.
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