Monday
Apr212008
The Ride of Her Life
Monday, April 21, 2008 at 08:29PM Daddy took the training wheels of off Natalya's bike on tonight. She is officially a bike rider now.
Is this a proud face or what?
Isn't it hard to watch your children struggle through milestones like this? We were actually surprised that she got it so quickly, literally within one hour of having the training wheels off. But she got frustrated in the beginning. I kept wanting to say, "It's OK, you can quit and try again tomorrow." But I just kept watching and hoping that she wouldn't hurt herself trying. And then I watched those moments when she was getting it and I could see on her face that she knew she got it. And then she flew. "Come back, don't go too far!" I could hear my heart saying. Won't be the last time, I know.
Reader Comments (10)
Hooray! What a great accomplishment...even if it is a little hard to watch!
Don't you wish you could just have them remember that feeling of accomplishment and pride FOREVER??? It is priceless when it happens like that for the first time! Those shots are awesome! I wrote a very similar post March 16 on my blog about my own daughter and her bike and the Bike Rodeo at school. Way to be a great cheerleader, MOM!
oh...our time is coming so soon for a post like that. exhilarating and heart breaking all-in-one. we "moved" the training wheels up on Em's bike this weekend, she is um...not quite there yet!
great shots, as always!
Oh...she's growing up, isn't she?? What a big girl! She does look so proud of herself and she should be. Great shots...capturing a milestone in her life. :)
look at that face... so proud!
that is such a great time... big event!
campbell scares me to pieces now... she rides way too fast. they go from cautious to crazy fast! :)
Awesome! Way to go, Natalya! And I'm glad you had your camera ready to capture the moment.
YAY!!! How fantastic. Great shots of a great accomplishment.
Oh Happy Day!! What a wonderful look on her face. I just love your blog and your photos. I'm fairly new at this blog thing so I'm enjoying visiting so many great places like yours!! Come by and visit me anytime. :) ~Jill
Oh what a sweetie..I love the pink bike..we don't have pink stuff around here ya know!! She's getting so big!!
Hooray Hooray Natalya. Good for you! What a wonderful milestone!!! What a beautiful, big girl!!!!!