Yesterday, Mackenzie asked her daddy to take her training wheels off her bike. (A note to our family and friends in the warmer regions of the country, the bikes have been put away since last fall and just recently saw daylight.)
After several attempts through the grass in the yard, and up and down our driveway yesterday, Mackenzie & Scott called it good. She was getting it, but I assumed that it would take a lot more practice before she went off on her own.
On the way home from school today, Mack asked if I would help her practice again. Of course, I could!! After two trips through the grass she asked to go on the road. Although hesitant, I couldn’t say no. I ran up and down our dirt road twice before I stopped and watched her ride away without me running beside her. Sniff sniff
It seems like yesterday I was holding her in my arms for the first time and today as she took her maiden voyage on her little pink bike with the tassels from the handlebars blowing in the wind, I realized how fast time was flying by. Kindergarten today, college tomorrow. Her little pink bike or driving off in her first car, our girls are growing up so fast…
And she rode away… March 2013