Olivia used to hate her helmet and when I say hate, I mean screaming bloody murder if we even mentioned putting it on her head, tears if it came close to touching her. As a result, Olivia has been riding her bike exclusively in the house because we made the rule that she couldn't ride the bike outside without the helmet. We made the promise that when she was ready to put her helmet, she could not only ride outside, but also ride all the way to her favorite playground. So, on Tuesday when Niki came home for lunch, Olivia comes strolling down the hallway wearing the helmet shouting, "I'm ready to go to the sand playground. I want to ride my bike outside now." Niki and I just stared at each other in total shock and then we helped her get the bike out to the side walk.
Olivia's first ride outside.
Water break. The ride to the playground is about a mile. It was a long ride.
Tired Olivia makes it to the playground
Olivia rode about a fourth of the way back home but then decided she was much to tired to continue and chose to walk the rest of the way.
And this is how the bike got home.
