Cruisin'

Last summer Elianna's legs were still a bit too short for her bike. This summer they are just long enough so she has been learning to ride. She does pretty good as long as she remembers to keep pedaling and doesn't get distracted by everyone else walking past or the dog in the yard or "Rocky" climbing the tree or anything else. She gets so terribly distracted and forgets to pedal. Kinda hard to ride a bike not pedaling.

The next thing she struggles with in the bike riding department is keeping her eyes in front of her. Read above paragraph about people, dogs, squirrels, etc. and add in looking at her feet. So when she does pedal, then she is steering all crazy around because she is not watching where she is going. It's quite the experience!

We are working on her keeping her eyes on us while we walk (backwards) in front of her. It can get very frustrating to keep telling her "Keep your eyes on me" "Trust me" etc etc. It's also a good lesson for me to remember. Keeping my eyes on God and trusting Him. It's not an easy thing to do whether bike riding or plodding along in life but in both instances, its necessary.  Thankfully God has a lot more patience than I do!