Wooohoo Finally

My oldest child can ride her bike.  Yes she is 11.  Last weekend Hannah finally managed to get both feet on the pedals and go about the length of the driveway.  You might not think this is a huge accomplishment but it is.  Last summer, MIL bought the kids new bikes.  After a couple of attempts, they sat in the shed all year.  When Hannah was about four she took a nasty fall off her bike with training wheels.  She pretty much scalped her knee caps and it took all summer to heal.  It was a long summer of cleaning her wounds after going to the beach..  Since then she has been absolutely petrified to ride a bike.  Hannah is a very smart kid.  She's an excellent debater, fluent in french, top marks in her class.  She loves dance, drama, yoga and golf.  But give her a physical challenge, and she's a different kid.  She doesn't like any sports where balls might come towards her or anything that requires a lot of balance.

So finally she has managed to balance herself on a bike, long enough to pedal.  i think maybe it was the threat of her 2 yr old sister learning to ride that spurred her on.  Or maybe that she would be allowed to ride on her own at the school next door.  By the time middle school starts in Sept, she should be sailing.