Maddie's New Ride

Maddie's Christmas present from Mommy and Daddy came a little bit late this year. We decided to hold off giving it to her because, primarily, we hadn't bought it yet! Also, due to traveling to Oregon over the holiday and because she doesn't really care, we decided we would wait until we came back to Pasadena to give it to her. What was it, you say?....A new trike!! That's right. Maddie is the proud new owner and rider of a Radio Flyer Tricycle, complete with adult handle in the back! Perfect. Here she is showing off her new princess helmet.We gave it to her when it was dark outside, but we couldn't not let the poor girl get out to test out her new wheels!Maddie asks to ride it most every day, and sometimes is just as satisfied with pushing herself around in it through our tiny apartment (ha!). She loves to wear the helmet, and the first few days she had it, she could barely let that helmet out of her sight. She would wear it during meal times, during diaper changes, and tried to wear it to bed (which we didn't allow).

Overall, this is by far the best present we have ever given her, as I think all three of us can agree. She is not really pedaling too much, yet, but she pushes with her feet and likes to have us push her "super fast" as she picks her feet up down the sidewalk. The handle is great, too, because we can steer the front wheel and have a bit more control (which is AWESOME). Here's our happy little rider!