First Bicycle

It's the passage into childhood. A first bicycle.

We went on the search to find this girl a balance bike. I don't know why we hadn't thought of it before but a balance bike is the bees knees.

There are no pedals so the child can learn at his or her own pace to steer first and then balance. Hence, never needing any training wheels because the pedaling (once they have the other two concepts down) is quite easy.

She picked out the trek Kickster in bubble gum pink which is just adorable. I like that it has actual foot rests (rather than just textured spots on the frame like the Strider) and it seems to have a better seat. Plus the tires are real tube tires as opposed to foam like the Strider.

And off she goes. I can't imagine it'll be before the summer ends when she picks her feet up and starts gliding.