Eve decided today was the day to ride without training wheels. We’ve talked about it off and on and I told her this was her summer for a big bike, but for some reason today was the day. Lex has a bigger bike (“the red bike”) that he can ride but he prefers the smaller one (“the blue bike”). Today he was generous and agreed to let Eve try riding the blue bike. He hopped on the red one and took off. She hopped on the blue one and barely sat still while I explained the key points to riding a bike (such as keep pedaling!) and then she was off. The first go I held her seat and she pedaled fast! I was running along, awkwardly, and then moved my hand up to her shirt so I could run more upright. She yelled, “just let go mom!” but I was too nervous!! We got part way down the street and I let go. Away she went, fast! She put her feet down at the end of the road and tumbled a bit since we hadn’t yet discussed stopping. But she laughed and got right back up! I helped her get started again and she rode on. Back and forth we went.

First time out. She's a champ!

Away she goes!

I would have put on my running shoes if I'd known she was going to be such a speed demon!

I’m so proud of her!

Eve wrote her first blog post this afternoon!! Lex was making a sweeper robot out of kinex and wanted to take some pictures, so of course Eve wanted to take pictures too. Once she had a few pics she decided she wanted to write a blog post. I had been ignoring them for awhile so I decided to sit down with her and update the blog. I helped with the interface, but she did all the typing and much of the spelling. She was so proud! (I forgot how long it takes kids to type….) Lex says he wants to blog about his robot as well, but he’s too busy playing with it now.

i made a strawberry blueberry lollipop and some blueberry plum milkshakes. i like my tea party set.

Eve and I have been talking about painting her nails in an effort to help her remember not to chew on her fingers. It’s an experiment. This morning seemed like a good time and she was super excited. I dug out some dark polish (so she would notice it before sticking her fingers in her mouth!) and a sparkly top coat and she was an excellent customer!

After I dropped her off at school I went to CVS and bought some nail polish remover, as well as some pink and purple nail polish. I figured polish that wasn’t 10 years old might go on more smoothly and look nicer! I’ll let you know if this little experiment works. :)

I put the “Milestones” tag on it. Does your first manicure count as a milestone?

EVENING UPDATE: She came home from school with the polish about three quarters off already. She said she picked it off, which is conceivable considering the age of the nail polish and the sparkly top coat. However I found her with her fingers in her mouth many times this evening, so we put the new nial polish remover to good use and we’ll try again another day.