Learning to Ride

DAILY SNACK

The new birthday tricycle has sat in the stairwell for weeks.

“Do you want to take your new bike to the park?”

“Yeah, okay. My NEW tricycle?! Yay!”

On the sidewalk now he holds the handlebar and starts walking the trike,

As happy as can be.

“Don’t you want to try riding it?

That’s right. Now I’ll help and you push down hard on the peddle with one foot and then the other.”

And he was going — really peddling!

The trike veered off to the right, headed directly into oncoming traffic.

“On no, Mommy! The road!”

“Steer the bike, C. Turn the handle bars this way.”

I guided the tricylce back to safety,

but he could no longer get it to move.

So we walked it all the way to the park,

Proud as anything.