Jillian has gotten lots of practice riding a bike, at least one without pedals. Her little Strider bike has seen lots of action, and Jillian is pretty good at steering and balancing, lifting her feet up for a long time. We thought she might have enough confidence now to try a big bike with pedals (and training wheels).
Tonight, she wanted to try her new Christmas bike out, so Daddy gave her pushes up and down the hall while showing her how to move the pedals. After doing that for a while, Daddy got tired and had to take a break. In the meantime, Jillian kept working on it, and eventually figured out how to get it started and keep it going with the pedals. She kept going and going, and only stopped when we told her it was time to be quiet since Bridget was trying to sleep. Here's a video of some of her practicing. Note that she still hasn't figured out how to use the brakes ... she just crashes into the walls at the ends of the hallway.
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