Ukraine Adoption

Training wheels

Tara has been begging me for months to take the training wheels off her bike, so finally last night I took them off, padded her up, and ran with her down the driveway and on the street.

She started screaming/crying and wouldn't stop.

I said I'd put the wheels back on. She screamed louder. I tried to help her walk the bike back home, she stopped and hollered at me. Finally after a lot of tears, she said quietly: "I'm scared." I told her it was OK, she could learn later. We finally made it back to the garage and put her bike away. The prep work took a lot longer than her actual attempt at riding.

So Austin tried it with her a little later, put all her pads on her, same result: tears and screams. But she doesn't want her training wheels back on!