Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Taking Off the Training Wheels

Teaching your child how to ride a bike is supposed to be one of those classic parent-child moments, like your child's first steps or their first lost tooth. On Saturday, we went to the church parking lot with the camera, ready to capture that special moment.

Well, Day 1 turned out to be more frustrating than rewarding, as Miriam didn't make much progress. Thankfully, despite the lack of progress, she was still excited and wanted to keep trying after her parents had exhausted themselves from running behind her.

We figured this might take awhile, so Tammy took the kids to the church on Monday and didn't even bother to take the camera. Miriam started to show some minor progress immediately, but her final break through came while Tammy had her back turned talking to another mother who was at the church for a minute. Miriam got tired of waiting and figured out how to start all by herself. The end video is of Miriam showing off for Dad in the street in front of our house.

You can't have a bicycle video without a medley of songs from Queen.



Our apologies for the bumpy footage that was taken while running alongside Miriam.

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