Ding! Ding!

Seeing Abigail do so well on her balance bike, I got the itch to try her out on a 12″ peddled bike.

I thought with it being so close to the end of the season we should try it. If it worked, we could get one now and ride it through the winter. If it didn’t, we’d wait till next spring.  Why any of that (i.e. “the season”) mattered is beyond me.

Anyway…

Quick email to a friend and I borrowed one for the evening.

Hmmmm.

Quickly I realize now’s not the time.

The bell on the handlebar was far more interesting than trying to peddle.

Forget doing anything without the training wheels, the bell’s just too cool.

Yeah. Maybe we could practice and work at it over time, but there’s really no need.

Just because she’s comfortable and capable on the balance bike, doesn’t mean we need to change.

And yeah, maybe I had aspirations of her riding a two-wheeler before she was 3, but it didn’t take me long to realize those were just my aspirations and meaningless in the scheme of things.

Instead I’m getting her a bell for her balance bike.

Nothing in her world will be cooler than a bell for her bike, and that’s what really matters.

-b