Olivia is surprising. There are some things that she just figures out without much help. I remember when I came home one day, Mollie told me that she had learned to swing on her own. The only help she needed was an explanation of "pump your legs." She got it from that.
She has had a bike that without training wheels and without pedals for a while. Actually she left this bike behind the van. So one day I backed over it and broke the front crank. Because it could not keep the chain on, I took the pedals off. Olivia would cruise on this bike, half running half gliding. Using that bike probably really prepared her for balance and other needs of a two wheel normal bicycle.
After the effort that it was to get our boys comfortable on their bikes, I was wondering how much effort it would be to teach Olivia. Saturday morning, she asked me to take the training wheels off her bike. Just a few days earlier Mollie had suggested that she try to ride without training wheels and Olivia defiantly said "maybe when I'm five." However, today she was ready.
I don't know if I gave her any explanation, but the video below is her first attempt.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Kids Dig Rigs
On Saturday morning, the youngest three kids and I set out to Columbia Park for a community event called "Kids Dig Rigs". It was a hands on display of many different kinds of large equipment from farms, construction sites, and public safety. Our first stop was a sprayer, a big tractor with 120 foot wingspan to spray crops. We waited in a short line to hop up inside and sit in the driver seat.
Levi was a trooper for me. He didn't get to go up into the tractors and push buttons. He mostly played with the gigantic tires. He also had a lot of fun playing in the bucket of a big front loader. He ran back and forth in that thing for at least 10 minutes.
After looking at a couple of varieties of farm equipment, we were lucky to see some demolition!An old SUV was compacted in a car crusher and everyone cheered as it was smashed.
I think that the kid's favorite part was the police/fire/ambulance. While Olivia and Noah got excited being in the back of a squad car, Levi simply poked at the lights on the grill. He loved it.
A final cool thing that they had was a fire drill like RV. Kids got inside and it was decked out like a house. The kids got to wander around and then the RV filled with smoke. Firemen prompted the kids to stop/drop and roll. Then they talked about how to find a good exit. The door had a hot door knob and so they made it to a window and climbed out.
This was a fun quick Saturday activity.
Levi was a trooper for me. He didn't get to go up into the tractors and push buttons. He mostly played with the gigantic tires. He also had a lot of fun playing in the bucket of a big front loader. He ran back and forth in that thing for at least 10 minutes.
After looking at a couple of varieties of farm equipment, we were lucky to see some demolition!An old SUV was compacted in a car crusher and everyone cheered as it was smashed.
I think that the kid's favorite part was the police/fire/ambulance. While Olivia and Noah got excited being in the back of a squad car, Levi simply poked at the lights on the grill. He loved it.
A final cool thing that they had was a fire drill like RV. Kids got inside and it was decked out like a house. The kids got to wander around and then the RV filled with smoke. Firemen prompted the kids to stop/drop and roll. Then they talked about how to find a good exit. The door had a hot door knob and so they made it to a window and climbed out.
This was a fun quick Saturday activity.
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