Over the weekend I suggested to Harriet that she takes the training wheels off her bike and she was very keen on the idea. After one false start (we went to the park and I took our spanner set with me, then found the only spanner that I'd taken out of the set and left at work was the one we needed! Doh!) we took the trainers off about 5pm on Saturday night.We started with me holding her and the bike up and pushing around the back yard (on our uneven grass), which gave her a taste of it without really making big progress (but that was only 10mins and I was knackered!). So then Harry decides the drive will be the way to go and she's very quickly coming back inside yelling "I did it, I did it!" and dragging us outside for a look. And sure enough she's able to go for a couple of metres.. fanastic progress for maybe 30mins of trying.
The next morning she's straight back out there and on the bike... 30mins later she's already going the length of our drive, and loving it. No looking back now.In other news, Finley has moved onto the "why" stage. His speech is improving but can still be a bit hard to interpret at times, especially when he's tired. Harriet has a great knack of deciphering what he's saying and/or what he wants (usually some food treat, as he's always in the fridge or cupboard.. ). Fin also says his L's as Y's, so it's "yittle" instead of "little", which we love.
The interesting bit will be trying to sell the old Subaru... We might be lucky to get $500! (but then again we've had it for nearly 7 years and put over 80,000kms on it, so she's done well)
