Yesterday, Saturday 10 July 2004, on the third attempt, Leigh began to ride her bicycle with no training wheels, and no Daddy to keep her balanced. On the second attempt, she whined endlessly, and declared "I can't do it..." Dad scolded her "I don't hear the word 'can't', I only hear 'I can', 'I will', and 'I did'"
So, on try #3, she had a great optimistic attitude, and she did it. Which is good, because Dad was getting a lot of exercise on try #1 and #2. While Leigh worried about balancing her bike, Dad was running along side the whole time, holding on to the back of the seat, or the handlebars, or grabbing her shoulder, and sweating like a marathon runner. Now, Dad can walk more slowly and watch Leigh ride by herself.
Today, 11 July 2004 was my Mom's birthday. I'm not sure how hold she is because she always claims to be 39 (that would make her 1 year older than me...). We went to Todai restaurant for lunch to celebrate.
In the evening, we went for another bicycle trip around the block. This time I took some video.
6:52:39 PM 
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