Tricycle mania

Today Pip hosted his friends again for another play date. Natan, Drew, and Isabelle all stopped by and had a great time running about the house, making trains, tossing balls, and jumping on the mat. Just before they left we snapped a quick picture:



Later Pip found his new helmet and was excited to try it on. Seemed to do wonders for his pedalling skills. Prior to the helmet he insisted on "pedalling" with one foot and using the other to scoot the bike forward. Despite numerous attempts by Phil and I to instruct him otherwise, he insisted that was the proper way to bike. With the helmet, though, he decided to trust mommy and try it her way. He was pedalling like a champ around the kitchen in no time. I was so proud and impressed we went outside to try it out on the sidewalk. He went all the way around the block!