Bicycle

Linden and Jemma have been riding bicycles with training wheels for a while. A few days ago, a friend dropped off a small bike with no training wheels, for Linden to try. For the first two days, she would ride but only if we held on to the seat or handlebars (preferably both), and only for 30 minutes or so (the limit of our bicycle-pushing stamina). She would go for a few feet on her own, but not much more than that. Saturday morning, she went outside again and tried, and within half an hour or so, she was going by herself. Soon after, she mastered stopping; later, starting by herself. We even went on a short bike ride around the neighborhood this morning....