Since I’d picked up Katherine early from pre-school (after recovering the car from the shop), we went for a “bike walk” around the block. It was bite-ass cold, but she really wanted to do it, and I had no problem with that.<\/p>\n
The bike she got for Christmas is distinctly too tall for her, but the training wheels make up for that. She’s getting good about braking (almost too good — she needs to learn to coast more), and was better than ever at pumping the bike up the hill on the the backstretch; she still needs a nudge here and there, but her legs are getting stronger. <\/p>\n
Part of the fun is going up to the cul-de-sac behind us and going around in circles, which she does quite well.<\/p>\n
As I said, quite cold, but still memorably fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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