Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle

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Yesterday, as is the weekly custom, I took the kids to the library and maxed out our 30-item limit.  One of the books we randomly selected was this one: Everyone Can Learn to Ride a Bicycle. Yesterday afternoon, I noticed that Hallee had finally mastered the fine art of riding Sophie's pink scooter.  She's been trying for months to get the balance and glide just right and yesterday was the day.  So last night I surreptitiously pulled the book from the pile and read it to the kids as one of our bedtime stories and announced to Hal that on the morrow I'd teach her to ride.  She was worried about possible bodily injury, so her prayers included a plea to Heavenly Father to protect her during her attempt to master the sans training-wheel ride.

Sophie just picked up a bike and started riding a year and a half ago with no troubles, so I think Hal's been intimidated to try because it was so ridiculously easy for Soph.  Hallee likes to be perfect right away and has difficulty working through the imperfections to get to the mastery.


In the sweltering mid-afternoon heat, Hal and I took to the streets and she was riding straight up.   At one point she became frustrated because she kept veering into the grass, so we stopped and she prayed that she could stay on the sidewalk.  Immediately after her sweet prayer she rode all the way down the street unassisted and with a wide grin smeared across her little face.

She was so excited to show Casey her surprise when he got home form work tonight.  She is pretty proud of herself.
 Mad skillz:

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  1. BethJuly 25, 2013 at 4:17 PM

    Sweet Hal! Congrats on the newest bike rider of the family.

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  2. Eileen WhiteJuly 26, 2013 at 10:06 PM

    This is such a seminal moment. Sophie loves her experiences riding along with her jogging Mom...and this will be the first time Hallee can see herself in that picture. Big stuff.

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