Riding along on my pushbike

Yesterday after church it turned into a glorious afternoon so we thought it was a great time to teach Sarra to ride without her training wheels. We took them off ages ago and since then she has not ridden her bike.

Starting off...

Going well....

Woo hoo I'm doing it....
Riding by myself now...

I did it...

Westbury Primary school is only about a 7 minute walk so with summer approaching Sarra decided it was time she rode her bike to school. No-one else in grade 1 has their training wheels on so Sarra decided she did not need them either.

Oliver decided to get in on the action and when he saw Sarra wobble and lose her bike, he got off his three wheeler and pushed it to the ground so he looked like Sarra. He was so proud of himself.

Hallie also decided that she could do just as well as Sarra and wanted her training wheels off too. We didn't really take much notice of Hallie as she was just sitting on her bike pushing it along with both feet on the ground.

Today Hallie decided she had had enough practice pushing her feet on the ground and started riding - perfectly all be herself. Within about 15 minutes she was flying along and doing skids and stops on her bike like a little BMX rider.

Doing a skid

We should not have been surprised. Hallie has really good motor skills and loves climbing and balancing - she freaks all the other Mums out. She was riding her little tricycle at 15 mths and when she would run into something would just pedal backwards and go around it. It used to look so funny because she was so small.

The big kid as usual

Today Sarra is riding by herself too and is excited about riding to school later this week. Sarra seemed to get the hang of it quite quickly but Hallie - it was almost unbelievable - or not if you have seen her in action!!