Two Wheelin' & Summer Fun

Emma casually mentioned that she wanted to learn to ride her bike without training wheels back in July. We put her off a few weeks with the move and all but now that we're settled I decided it was time. I had hoped Paul would take on this task but he never got around to it so one day I grabbed the wrench and off came the training wheels. Lily had decided she wanted to learn too and so she decided to go first. She screamed for the entire minute and a half she was on the bike so I made her get off. She can try again when she's feeling braver. So it was Emma's turn and though she wasn't entirely comfortable she did well. We went out the next night and she tried again and this time she actually rode some on her own. That was about 2 weeks ago and though she's no expert she's doing great. She has some trouble steering and using the brakes -she'd much prefer just to run into the grass, anyone's grass that is. So..we're working on those things. The other night she and Paul took a bike ride together..so cute! Here are some pictures of the bike ride and some random pictures of the other kids playing on the swingset.