Lisa+bike-training wheels=yay!

About two weeks ago I showed Lisa a video on my blog. In the video, her friend, Olivia, was riding her bike without training wheels. As soon as the video was over Lisa looked at me and said,"Let's go take my training wheels off!" Ok...Ryan wasn't home at the moment and that would mean me putting Lyra in the wrap on my back while I held on to Lisa's seat and ran along with her so she wouldn't crash. Why not? SO I'm sure it was very amusing for any onlookers to see this mother with a baby strapped to her back running alongside a little girl on a teetering bike. The first evening Lisa was able to ride maybe ten feet before tipping over. The second evening, she was taking off! Starting, stopping, turning around and  going over speed bumps all on her own! I think it helped that her bike is getting a little small for her and she'd had a week of practice balancing on her Razor scooter she got for her birthday. She was out riding when daddy came home from work and he was very impressed. He was a little sad he'd missed her first attempts. I will have to remember that with Lyra so he can be a part of it all. Way to go, Lisa!