Riding on her own

Friends of ours generously gave us their daughters old bike. With a little tweaking and a new basket, compliments of our Bicycle Link friends, it looks brand new! The night we got home, the bike was sitting by the door, ready to go. As soon as I put down Alanna, she went straight over to the bike and got on. I had to push her around the house for awhile, as she refused to get off.

After a little help from ba ba and her brothers yesterday, she has learned how to pedal all by herself (with training wheels of course)! I can't say she's the best driver though. She looks at her feet, trying to concentrate on the pedaling part, so she doesn't pay attention to where she is going. Everytime I try to turn the bike to get her going the right direction, she says "mei you", which means "no". After a little practice, she learned how to pedal pretty fast, which is a little scary for me!