She Did It!

Hannah finally learned how to ride a bike without training wheels. While we were in AZ for Thanksgiving, we recruited Hannah's Uncle to help her learn to ride a bike. We had heard he had a great way to teach kids to learn and he did. After about 30 mins out on the bike, Hannah was riding all on her own.

He took a jump rope and looped it around her torso and started out holding it tightly around her. And as she learned to balance more and more, he would give the jump rope more slack, until she was riding without any help from him or the rope. And then waa-laa, she was riding.

She was so excited to finally know how to ride a bike. She wanted to keep riding and riding. She wasn't the most stable or straight riding girl I've seen, but somehow she keep the bike going and didn't fall very often (although there were many, many times I thought she was going down). And then by the end of the week she was breaking and starting all on her own.

Great strides this year.... Learning to ride a bike and learning to swim. Two things that make my life much easier and hers much more exciting!