I Got Wheels

I found this little used trike at our church's Gifts of the Heart swap.  I've been looking for a bike all summer for her, but she's in between sizes.  The big bikes were all too big and the little bikes too little.  I figured I'd wait until next year to get her a bigger bike.  But the price on this one couldn't be beat (free!), so I thought we'd try it out.

Tess LOVES this bike!  When she wakes up in the morning, the first words out of her mouth are, "How about my bike, Mom?  I wanna ride my bike!"  She's made good progress on it, and can ride it on her own as long as she's going downhill.  Which means Ryan and I took turns pushing her uphill all weekend.

I still need to de-princessify it, but that would mean she'd have to stop riding it for a few minutes.  I'm glad she loves it, but my back is hoping that her enthusiasm for it will die down soon.