New bike

I have become much more educated about kids' bikes in the last week or so.  After some trial & error and various research efforts Emily finally has a real bike!  It's actually a 16" boys bike, but she doesn't care or know the difference.  As you can see, she's pretty proud. :o)  I didn't realize that it was such a big transition from pedaling a tricycle (which she's very good at) to pedaling a bicycle with training wheels.  After some practice sessions this afternoon Emily is starting to catch on.  We're still going to have to work on braking to slow down on slopes.  Thankfully, there are 4 blocks of very flat, brand new sidewalk (except for the one big tree bump in front of our house) with sloped entrances running down our street.  And the hospital parking lot is across the street.  However, I don't think we'll ever be attempting the hill going around the hospital.  That is best left for a time when Mom is not there to see! ;o)  We're still working on properly fitting a helmet.  We'll probably also get some kind of basket to make it a little more fun and "girlie".  I already know this bike will get a lot of miles put on it!