The best part about the weekend was on Sunday, Nov 4th, Mia learned how to ride a bike with NO training wheels! She's been a bit of a chicken about it so we didn't push it. Just like Terence, she knew when she'd be ready. I remember when we got home from 1 1/2 weeks in Egypt, Terence just decided that he wanted to ride on 2 wheels. And he did! With minimal effort! It was just after his 5th birthday.
Mia was the same. She was watching all the boys taking turns on Matthias' bike and said, 'Mom I want to ride the bike!' I reminded her that she didn't know how to ride a 2 wheeler and she said that she was ready to try. So we did! At first Curt had to hold on to her. It's not that she couldn't physically get it, it was more her flighty personality. She was spending more time looking around to see who was watching her than focusing on what she was actually doing.
After about 5 minutes of Curt holding onto the back of her jacket, she soared! We couldn't stop her. She just rode and rode and rode... faster and faster and faster. I love the photos as her mouth is wide open as she smiled and giggled the entire time! She was so proud of herself and even happier that her whole family and all her friends were out on the street watching her.
