Danny found Grace a princess bicycle last summer at a garage sale...the lady having the garage sale, upon seeing Grace's excitement over her new "wheels", knocked the price down from $5 to $2. A steal! Just needed a bit of cleaning up, some WD40, new training wheels, and a little TLC, and Grace would be the envy of the neighborhood. It took close to an hour to get it in working order (good thing Daddy knows about bicycles), then Grace donned her Princess helmet (a girl's gotta match of course) and proceeded to take her first spin around the driveway. It was a short spin. Lasting all of about 5 seconds...long enough for her to throw her leg over the bike, sit her little bootie on the seat and then promptly fall off. Luckily...I had my camera ready when the "accident" happened and I was able to document the drama.
No amount of convincing could get her BACK on the bike--as you can see from the picture below--Daddy tried to show her how FUN riding bicycles can be and that "look even Daddy can ride it"...but she insisted upon going inside for a popsicle. Leaving a grown man, riding a VERY small bicycle....This was last summer...2008...the remainder of the warm days were spent riding her quite study little red tricycle.
Flash forward to 2009...about a month past her fourth birthday and MUCH more mature and grown-up . We had a run of unseasonably warm weather and spent most of our days (except for naptime) outside. On one of these sunny mornings, Grace asked me to "please put on my helmet"--then she wheeled her princess bike out of the garage, threw her leg over the seat, and pedeled off saying something like "I'm bigger now...see my legs are long...I can ride my bicycle"
SHE put this outfit together...There is NO way I could even stomach that much pink...
It's amazing to see them grow...empowering and bittersweet all in the same moment. She is quite a character and each day with her is an adventure. I love you liddle bike riding diva...xoxo, Momma
No amount of convincing could get her BACK on the bike--as you can see from the picture below--Daddy tried to show her how FUN riding bicycles can be and that "look even Daddy can ride it"...but she insisted upon going inside for a popsicle. Leaving a grown man, riding a VERY small bicycle....This was last summer...2008...the remainder of the warm days were spent riding her quite study little red tricycle.
Flash forward to 2009...about a month past her fourth birthday and MUCH more mature and grown-up . We had a run of unseasonably warm weather and spent most of our days (except for naptime) outside. On one of these sunny mornings, Grace asked me to "please put on my helmet"--then she wheeled her princess bike out of the garage, threw her leg over the seat, and pedeled off saying something like "I'm bigger now...see my legs are long...I can ride my bicycle" 
SHE put this outfit together...There is NO way I could even stomach that much pink...
It's amazing to see them grow...empowering and bittersweet all in the same moment. She is quite a character and each day with her is an adventure. I love you liddle bike riding diva...xoxo, Momma
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