Anything you can do, I can do better
As I returned this afternoon from picking up CJ, I was surprised to pass Kyle and Tacy a few blocks away from our house. I was even more surprised to see that Tacy was riding her bike – without training wheels.
After we came inside, she called my parents to tell them of her successes. I overheard this gem:
“Well, Jo is a five year-old and she can ride without training wheels, and I’m a five year-old, so I should be able to ride without training wheels too.”
Not only do we have evidence of positive peer pressure, but it’s being exerted from over a thousand miles away.
(Just leave High School Musical out of it, please Jo?)
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:00 am
Sounds like a touch of competition. AACK! Don’t let anyone know! Kids?! Naturally competing?!
I love “rites of passage” photos like this. Too sweet.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 am
Yay Tacy! Sometimes peer pressure is a good thing.
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:05 am
I love that she’s competing with a friend all the way across the country!
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:23 am
Woohoo! Go Tacy!
Jo’s secret, by the way, is that she rides the tiniest bike you’ve ever seen.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:01 am
Awesome.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:56 am
Peer pressure has been working for me – I’ll be damned if B isn’t eating all sorts of new foods because her buddy eats them. Let’s hear it for peer pressure!
October 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 am
That is awesome. Can she teach Declan to ride (WITH his training wheels), PLEASE?
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Woot! That is a fabulous milestone! Peer pressure rocks.
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
of course, the flip side of this is when one of her friends is 14 and dating boys, so she should be able to date boys too.
October 3rd, 2007 at 2:52 pm
Oh cute. That is so great!! My Bunny is right there, too…So close to riding that two-wheeler.
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
I *just* came from Mayberry’s blog, so your last sentence really cracks me up. LOL!
YAY Tacy! That’s awesome!
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:01 pm
That’s some powerful long-distance peer pressure! How cute that Jo was her motivation to ride without training wheels.
October 3rd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
That is so sweet! When we moved into our new house last year Abby immediately learned to ride her bike so she could keep up with the big kid neighbors.
October 3rd, 2007 at 5:51 pm
Wow! That’s fantastic! I don’t think I learned until much later than that. Way to go!
October 3rd, 2007 at 7:36 pm
oh yay! she needs to give my son some peer pressure now!