A bike and a hymnal all in one weekend.

The cold weather is over! We had a wonderful weekend of outside activities. We washed the cars. We did outside chores. But most importantly, C got to practice her bike riding.

Christmas 2008 brought Caroline a new bike. She rode with training wheels until June and then decided that 6 year olds do not have training wheels, so we took them off. Then she really could not get the hang of it and she put her bike away in the back of the garage and ignored it for 6 months. In January 2010 she decided to try again (perhaps because her friend Maddy had learned how a few weeks earlier). Now she was ready. We ran along with her for DAYS! She was riding by herself for maybe one or two houses and then would fall.

Sunday, she got on, got a little starter push from mom and rode all the way down the block and back! We rode for hours! At one point we rode down to Maddy's house and Maddy showed Caroline how to line her foot up on the top pedal and push off the ground to get started. No more starter pushes needed.

In the midst of the riding we went to church. Caroline attends Sunday school during the beginning of the service and then joins us before communion. After communion there is a hymn. She was a bit wiggly so I gave her my hymnal to hold. She pulled out her "following finger" and started singing along. Who knew? During the recessional hymn we turn and face the back of the church (this is what Caroline calls the parade). C couldn't hold her hymnal, but her Sunday school teacher was sitting behind us and she followed along on her hymnal.

So, It was a big baby book worthy accomplishment weekend at our house.

I promise to take pictures and video this week and post them.