Hadley Rides a Bike (finally)!

Okay, so I feel guilty about adding the "finally" for a couple of reasons. First, it's our fault she's now 8 and we're just now getting her on a bike. Sure, she's been on the tandem, and barely even that, but that's about it. Second, I don't want to undermine her achievement. It's not like she's slow in the physical department. Well, maybe she's not the most coordinated yet (I'm terrible for saying it), but there's hope, right? I will say, our track record with coordination and bikes is...... questionable. But, and there is a big BUT (hee hee), Hadley was amazingly fast at learning! This experience was not much like Tatumn's learning to ride a bike. It took minutes to get her going solo. She was super motivated to learn to ride a bike by her most talented cousin, Morgan, who's the super star of balance and coordination on anything with wheels it seems.

I was surprised that once she learned to ride it, she wasn't too interested in continuing on to learn turns and whatnot. She seemed satisfied that she had mastered pedaling in a straight line (sort of). The bike was a gift for her birthday, so it was nice for her to master this milestone on a milestone. Unfortunately, the bike leaves much to be desired as it brakes stick, especially when trying to get momentum to start pedaling. Yeah, I don't think it's a keeper and am glad I chose to leave every tag on it so I can return it. I am in the market for a better bike, something we can pass down to Imogen, who also desperately needs to learn to ride. Hadley has Tatumn's old bike (still like new), which was slightly too big to learn on, but she's able to ride it now, too, if only in a straight line! There's still much to learn and more practice needed, but the hardest part is definitely out of the way.

Congratulations, Hadley!!!