We have been struggling to get the princess to ride her bike. Last spring she successfully learned how to ride without her training wheels, but absolutely hated riding the bike. She has such a fear of pain, that just the idea that she MIGHT fall and MIGHT get hurt has basically paralyzed her when it comes to bike riding. At some point last spring we decided that we were not getting anywhere with pushing her to ride so we left it alone. Along the way we have made comments about the importance of learning to ride her bike, but haven't forced her to get back on it.
Three days ago Little Man walked into the garage and asked the Princess to ride her bike with him. Amazingly she strapped on her helmet and got on. She needed a day or two to really get going, but she is now whizzing up and down the road. She has come home from school the last two days and gone straight to her bike and has ridden until we force her inside for the night.
The cool thing here, to me, is not that she has finally gotten the bike riding thing, but that she will do anything for her little brother. She loves that boy!
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