Bicycles!
pamelamyers | June 12, 2012
As you know, Mark bought me a bike for Mother’s Day since he bought a bike for himself. We have been having so much fun riding but need to take Sam with us! Sam is too little to ride with us yet on her own so Mark did some research and found the perfect trailer for her to ride in. I thought she would love it since she sits in the display models at REI all the time!
Look at that happy face! She is so cute, we always make her wear her helmet inside, as she is supposed to do, and give her a cup of water. But it is at her insistence that she always has a stuffed animal in there with her!
Off they go! Riding with the trailer attached turns out to be easier than I thought. You don’t even notice it when you are riding. Sam talks and talks to you the whole time. It is so fun.
As far as Sam’s tricycle goes, she is getting so much better. We still have blocks on the pedals to help her reach, but she pedals along very well now. She needs to learn to steer a little better, but you can’t have everything. I don’t know how many times I have to get her off the grass when she starts yelling, “I’m stuck!” The basket on the front is a new addition. Mark thought she would love one since she likes putting stuff into stuff, and he was right. She is sticking her bear in there in this picture.
Next, she decided that bear (who is a polar bear but she always calls him her panda) was going to ride the bike himself. She worked for a long time at getting him to sit on the seat.
Ok, so he kept falling off. Next idea she had was that SHE wanted to pull the trailer. Of course, Mark figured out a way to help her do it. How adorable is this? Sam was tickled pink that she was pulling the trailer along. She kept looking backwards at it and giggling.
She was so proud of herself for being able to do this.
There she goes! as Sam likes to say. You can see her little bear in the trailer, all seatbelted in.
My little girl is getting so big, I can’t stand it!
