Ellie can Ride Without Training Wheels

The last few times we have walked to the park, Ellie has ridden her bike with training wheels and complained the whole way. I decided that since we didn't have plans today and it was a beautiful day, that it was the perfect time to teach Ellie to ride without training wheels. (I could tell from watching her ride her other bike that she was ready.)
We started the day with her never having tried to ride a bike without training wheels before, and you can see by the video- she is quite proficient now!

What the video doesn't show is that she can even start on her own now too, it just takes her a few extra seconds to do so. We are so proud of her!

We had several of the kids friends over today, and there were a couple of girls that were the boys friends, one in kindergarten and one in first grade who didn't know how to ride their bikes when their mom's dropped them off. When they saw Ellie riding, they decided to try and before you know it, they were both riding a bike quite well. (Apparently the younger one used to ride her little bike well, but she would never dare to ride a bigger bike, but she mastered that today!)

So, after one day, one bag of Cadbury mini-eggs, one sore back, one sunburn and 3 broken nails, I was able to teach 3 girls to ride their bikes today!!! (Now I'm going to go veg in front of the TV).