She did it!

Becca came home last night from the neighbor's house totally excited. She'd been riding Austin's bike with no training wheels! She was insistent her training wheels had to be taken off immediately so she could ride her very own two wheeler. So this afternoon I gave in.

In the cold and the rain she got on that bike and showed me her stuff. She can actually do it. She has a little trouble getting started, and she doesn't yet have the balance to turn, but once she's going, she can ride a straight line as long as her road lasts. She even knows how to slow and stop without tipping over.

She did have a couple minor falls while we were out, but it was because she got scared, not because she didn't know what she was doing. Do kids just pick this up naturally? I sure didn't teach her!

Now if only we can get Tyler to give up his training wheels. :P

(Picture to come when I remember to take a picture...)