Lazy Weekend!
We took advantage of the warm weather and brought W's balance-bike with us to the local sledding hill. She had a blast rolling down the hill again and again.
Took a swing around on a vintage kiddie ride.
Fed some baby ducklings.
And three days late, we bought W her very first pedal bike - and voila! W pretty much figured out pedaling for herself! One childhood milestone down - yay!
Here's a blast from two year's passed. We've had W riding the Strider balance-bike for about two years now. We had her pushing the bike and when she was finally showing signs of coasting for longer and longer distances, we started looking into pedal bikes. The main catch was W's diminutive size - hardly any of the toddler bicycles had a small enough frame and short enough crank to fit her geometry needs.
We had actually bought her another pedal bike about a month earlier. It was a Mantis Maya with 12" wheels. But we found that W was on her very tippy toes even with the seat at the lowest setting. In addition, when the seat was at the low setting, the crank was so long that her foot had to be above the height of the seat at the top of the pedal stroke. Of course that made for a very awkward set up for someone learning how to ride a bike for the first time.
We decided to look yet again for another bike - and ran across okay reviews for a smaller bike, that took 10" wheels. A huffy 10" girls bike, we found the best price for it at Toys R Us.
We took advantage of the warm weather and brought W's balance-bike with us to the local sledding hill. She had a blast rolling down the hill again and again.
Took a swing around on a vintage kiddie ride.
Fed some baby ducklings.
And three days late, we bought W her very first pedal bike - and voila! W pretty much figured out pedaling for herself! One childhood milestone down - yay!
Here's a blast from two year's passed. We've had W riding the Strider balance-bike for about two years now. We had her pushing the bike and when she was finally showing signs of coasting for longer and longer distances, we started looking into pedal bikes. The main catch was W's diminutive size - hardly any of the toddler bicycles had a small enough frame and short enough crank to fit her geometry needs.
We had actually bought her another pedal bike about a month earlier. It was a Mantis Maya with 12" wheels. But we found that W was on her very tippy toes even with the seat at the lowest setting. In addition, when the seat was at the low setting, the crank was so long that her foot had to be above the height of the seat at the top of the pedal stroke. Of course that made for a very awkward set up for someone learning how to ride a bike for the first time.
We decided to look yet again for another bike - and ran across okay reviews for a smaller bike, that took 10" wheels. A huffy 10" girls bike, we found the best price for it at Toys R Us.
I had a purple Huffy. Best bike ever!
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