The Little Bicycle Warrior

Every time when Rebecca and Gabby put on their bicycle helmets and pads, Mommy felt like her princesses changed into warriors. Yesterday after watching how Gabby rode her bicycle, Mommy thought she was really a warrior – a bicycle warrior.

Yesterday after dinner Daddy and Mommy took Rebecca and Gabby to ride bicycles in their community. Rebecca wanted to go down the slopes at the playground area. She wanted Daddy to run after her because Supper Daddy could protect her at the slopes. So Mommy was with Gabby. To Mommy’s surprise, Gabby pedaled so fast that she had to run to keep up. “I am fast!” she was happy and talkative all the way.

They needed to cross a street to get to the playground area. When they came to the crossing point before Mommy told her to go from the sidewalk curb ramp, Gabby turned her bicycle right to the street. “Boom!” Her bicycle dropped down from the sidewalk, hit the ground and made a big sound. Her bicycle stumbled. Mommy gripped Gabby with one hand and her bicycle with another hand. While she was wondering if Gabby was alright she heard Gabby laughing.

Then they came to the slopes. Mommy thought Gabby might be scared, but she was wrong again. Gabby was very happy while she was going down the slopes. “Whee!” She laughed all the way down. Mommy ran by her side, but didn’t give any help. “I like sliding down.” She told Mommy.

This was not the end of the excitement yet. After the slopes, Gabby began to pedal very fast and left Mommy far behind. She didn’t slow down at a corner and her bicycle went off the sidewalk and right to the grass. She thought it was fun, though. “I am off to the grass!” She laughed cheerfully.

They played on the playground for a little while. On the way back home, Daddy challenged Rebecca and Gabby to make a turn right after a slope. Rebecca did a perfect turn. Gabby fell off to the grass, but she was still laughing.

Gabby is a little bicycle warrior – a happy and brave warrior.

(p.s. Rebecca is a warrior, too. Daddy and Mommy have observed her doing many difficult things with a lot of courage, such as piano competitions, skiing, monkey bars, rolling backwards on a gymnastic bar, just to name a few.)