She Looks Sweet Upon the Seat

...those bits of freedom sting a bit, though, don't they? Even when we glady facilitate/grant them!

I've been working a bit with my oldest on driving the car! GULP! She's timid about it though, and only wants a few minutes at a time. I'm very happy to go slow and easy, too!

Blessings,
Lenora
"...if woman's work is never done, why bother about how much of it [isn't] getting done at any given moment?"
~ Claire Fraser in The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon

Isn't it amazing! Both DD8 and DD6 ride without training wheels, DS3 still has them but is getting really good at riding. DD8 also drives the 4-wheeler around by herself (meaning, around outside with us watching, not down the road or out in the pasture alone).

It's astonishing to think that these kids are doing this already! But then again, I think that when I was that age, I was riding around on my bike unsupervised all over the place. And when DH was 9, he was plowing on the big tractor by himself (and driving the LTD out to the field to get there!!). OMG, I can't think about DD8 doing that anytime soon!! LOL!

Too bad I forgot how to ride a bike. I tore around the neighborhood on my bike (no training wheels) from ages 8-10, didn't ride for a few months after I turned 11, and got back on to discover that I couldn't do it any more. Kept falling, over and over. When I was 15 I tried again, with a friend coaching me, for several hours-- no dice. Someday I might manage to learn again, although adult bikes intimidate me (all those gears, it's like a stick shift). I also forgot how to swim between the summer I was 7 and the summer I was 8, but I managed to re-learn that one.