Our youngest, Keanna, has not had the best of luck in the last couple summers. Last Spring, she broke her right leg and spent the next 8 weeks in a cast from her toes to her hip. She then spent 4 weeks in a cast from her knee to her toes and no activity allowed for another 8 weeks to ensure the breakhealed properly since it was so close to her growth plate. Needless to say, this pretty much shot her summer and all "normal" summer activities. Then, this June, she underwent a minor surgery to remove a tumor from the back of her heel on the same leg she broke. She FINALLY seems to be "whole" and "healed" so she finally decided to undertake the big step of learning to ride a "big-girl" bike with no training wheels. She is not the bravest little soul, most often content to stand on the edges of the spotlight just watching. So, she wasn't really overly excited to take that big step up from the "little bike". Well, we tried a couple times, holding the seat, giving her a gentle push, and watching her immediately steer herself into a spin and bailing off the bike. So I just decided to treat this like the "experts" tell you to deal with potty training...just let it happen when the child is ready. Imagine my shock when I walk out the front door a couple days later and see my 8 year old PROUDLY zipping around our front sidewalks on her bike, smiling like she had just discovered a cure for cancer. So, of course, what better reason to run and get the camera to document her progress. Now, we know what to buy her for next birthday in April. I am really looking forward to some family bike rides now that both girls are doing so well with their bikes.
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