Yay Anika!!!!

Throughout the summer Anika had tried and tried to ride her bike without her training wheels but there always a boat load of kids around which made her nervous. Tonight at dinner, she announced that she wanted to go out and ride her bike! Oh.. Ok! So the dishes were left, and outside we went...

Here she is ready to go!

Here she is riding on the grass...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v649/KathrynHeidinger/?action=view&current=October132007AnikaBikeRiding003.flv
And then she graduated to the street...
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v649/KathrynHeidinger/?action=view&current=October132007AnikaBikeRiding007.flv
She was so proud when her friends were cheering her on! We thought she was done for the night, so we went home. All of a sudden the tears started to flow... when I asked her what was wrong, she said she wanted to practice some more! FANTASTIC!! Well... that last ride probably shouldn't have happened because she ended up crashing getting road rash on her chin.
Here's a picture of her wound!