Wow, it's been way too long between posts! We were without internet for the whole month of June and then had out-of-state family visiting for a week, and now it seems July has almost gotten away from me as well! We've been having a pretty good summer. Quite a difference from our struggles last year and the memory of the bad times are already fading.
This is the first year Katie has had the coordination to pedal her bike! Until now she would only sit on her tricycle and push it with her feet on the ground, like a young toddler does. Now she's outgrown the tricycle and moved up to her sister's 2-wheeler (with training wheels).
She is still rather nervous getting on and off, as it is unstable and wobbly, and she insists that I hold on to her or the handle bar to help her feel steady at first, but after she has ridden for a while she feels confident enough to go on her own. We don't really have a very good area for her to ride at our apartments, just the parking lot and garage area, which are incredibly uneven. So she has a hard time keeping herself going sometimes, and once she loses her initial momentum it is hard for her restart, lots of frustration, but also lots of pride! She really took off when we took the bike to my sister's house with a nice long, even sidewalk! As I write this I'm feeling a bit guilty because she was really making progress, but now she hasn't ridden for several weeks. I'll have to get her back out there because she was really enjoying the confidence it gave her.
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