Milestone...Avalon rides her bike with no training wheels!!!

When we were in Duluth on May 15, Avalon saw a bike that Mummi and Ukki had bought for her and wanted to try it out.  It didn't have training wheels, so Mummi was helping her out.  She was able to go a very short distance on her own, which was very exciting!



Mummi thought if we went somewhere with more room that Avie would pick it up really quickly and she was right!  Back in Ames on Wednesday, June 5, Daddy took the trainings wheels off her bike and helped her get started and off she went!  First she went about 10-15 feet.  In this video she probably would have gone farther, if Archer wasn't in her way.



And then by her fifth or sixth try, she went all the way around the bend with no help!  Amazing!



Thanks for Mummi and Ukki for the knee and elbow pads as I think those gave her confidence that if she did fall, she wouldn't get hurt.  Also, she had been to a birthday party earlier that day, which is why her face is painted like a puppy!