Bike Rodeo

We took Ella's training wheels off two weeks ago in the hope that she would be ready to ride her bike at her school's bike rodeo.  Thank goodness Ron is a runner so it made it easy for her to learn.  He ran behind her and beside her for two evenings in a row and never let her fall.  It didn't take long at all and she's a riding machine!  We now go on bike rides every night (when we don't have dance or soccer)and we're building up our endurance so we'll be able to ride to the park and back (3 miles).  So far she's up to about 1.5 miles.

Yesterday, we her bike rodeo at the school.  The kinders without training wheels went first, then those with training wheels, though kids with training wheels weren't scored on the obstacles.   The first one was to measure stability and balance.  They had to go as slow as possible without putting their feet down and stay between 2 lines about 2 feet apart.  She aced it!  The second was accuracy an they had to stay between two lines 8 inches apart.  She didn't get a good head start, so the first half she was outside the lines, but steadied out and finished the last half perfectly.  Then onto 8 cones, 6 inches apart to weave between them, and she managed to do every second one.  Finally, they had to complete a circle while staying within the lines and she did perfectly!   They did the announcements over the PA at the end of the school day, and when I picked Ella up she had won herself a trophy!  3rd place for Kinder girls.  She was so excited she got called over the PA and to the office to get her picture taken and her trophy.  We are so proud of her!    And apparently, she moves up to compete again but not sure if it's a city-wide or school district-wide event.   YAY! Ella!!!