Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Biker Chick

Kate has not shown much interest in her bike until this year.  She has been content with her wiggle car and scooter.  But, this year she wanted to learn how to ride a bike.
When her parents bought her a bike last year, they overestimated her growth and bought it way too big.  Since Kate has barely grown at all, her bike was just too tall for her.  We knew she couldn't learn very well on something that she couldn't control.
Greg found a clunky bike in Lehi on KSL for $10 and we thought that was worth it for Kate to learn.
He brought it home, took off the pedals and just let Kate push it around and learn to balance.  After a week of balancing, Greg put the pedals back on and Kate was off.
It really only took her about three tries before she could ride, turn, stop, go fast, do anything she wanted to do.
Now, we can't hardly keep her off of it!  And she has had only one crash that required band-aids!
She loves riding her bike!  Kate is always asking to go on bike rides with the family.  If I can't find her I know she is out in the cul-de-sac riding her bike!
What a cutie!

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