Forward Progress...

At the beginning of Summer vacation Michael removed the training wheels off of Lilley-Kate's bike... she hasn't ridden it the entire Summer... until after MUCH CONVINCING that FIRST-GRADERS ride bikes WITHOUT TRAINING WHEELS... she was RELUCTANTLY willing to give it a go...

She must have sat there for 5 solid minutes... "Ready"... "No... not yet"... "Ready yet?"... "Almost but not yet"...
Finally... she's off!!! "PEDAL.... PEDAL... PEEEEEDAAAAAL..." I think she was so intend on sitting up straight that she didn't even think to pedal... LOL

She DID remember to pedal just as she was slowing down... Michael convinced her to two more attempts... after which she announced that she didn't think ALL FIRST GRADERS rode without TRAINING WHEELS...

We'll keep practicing...