And today, Makenna did it! Gaga and Pop-Pop got her the bike for her third birthday; deep in the heart of a Chicago winter. Needless to say it wasn't going to see the outdoors for a few months after that.
We've been trying to get her to ride it but she's been too scared for whatever reason. So Saturday after Northwestern's big 37-3 win over ISU, we went to LL Bean in South Barrington. They had a tricycle there that she sped 'round the store in, but also a pair of kid-sized bikes where the training wheels had been put lower than the rear wheel, thereby giving them a stationary bike's worth of exercise without riding around the store.
She handled balancing on the bike like a pro and today while I was cleaning the garage, I took out her bike and put it down at the sidewalk level and barefooted, she took off down the sidewalk. She's getting the riding thing down like a pro, now we're working on using the coaster breaks to stop rather than the grass.
But congratulations to you, Makenna Claire! We're so proud. And she wants to go riding with EVERYBODY. She tells me that in the video.
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