OFFICIAL TRICYCLE RIDER!!!

What a milestone Lacy achieved today! Look at my little girl whizzing by in the photo on her tricycle! I am so excited and proud of Lacy. If you know Lacy, you are aware of how incredibly physically timid she is and, in addition, so easily overwhelmed and quick to panic(for all things gross motor). I honestly don't know the average age of when little ones begin to ride tricycles, especially as many of our neighbor kids are older and then some of the younger ones have older siblings, which I know speeds up the learning curve! It just seems that all the kids are SO far beyond the trike days, even Lacy's little buddy who is only 2 months older is riding a TWO-WHEELER with training wheels! Granted, he is boy number 3 and is keeping up with his brothers. So, I think you can see why it may seem like it's taken Lacy so long to accomplish this milestone. But, now, I don't think she is that far behind the curve. It used to be my running joke that Lacy would not ride a trike until she was 5. However, three and a 1/2 is really not too bad for peddling and steering at the same time...right?

She was so excited and proud of herself, we had to call Daddy at work and then each grandma to tell them she was riding her trike around and around the cul-de-sac! Then when our neighbor Chris came out, she yelled to her telling her the big accomplishment and demanded that Chris "look at me!!"  :)

Lacy has 2 tricycles(and HOT WHEELS!), and I prefer she uses the other one, that is smaller, lower to the ground and has a little wider frame. BUT, as soon as she realized this trike had a bell...DONE DEAL, the new fav.

Lacy had to work VERY hard to fight back tears when it was time to come inside. She was happy to run upstairs and jump in Ashley's crib and tell her sister all about her new achievement. Yes...precious.