Scooting Emma

For a long time now Emma has been asking for a Scooter.  She gets to ride one each week at school and tells me all about it.  My cousin Janine, told me about the one they got for Ruby, the Mini Micro, which has two wheels in the front and one at the back and compared to a regular scooter it is a more stable, so hopefully less tipping.  Rod got to see Ruby on this scooter when he last visited California.  He said we definitely have to get this for Emma.

It had been sitting in the box for a few weeks, and we couldn't wait for Emma's birthday or Christmas to come around, so we brought it out this weekend, since the weather was so nice, high 60's!  Em was really excited about it, "scootering, or scooting?" around the house.  We all quickly got dressed and headed for the park to test this Mini Micro out.  Emma is not one to take instructions, she just wants to do it her way (a hard battle), so after us trying to teach her, she got fed up and decided that riding her bike (which we brought down for Addi to ride on) was more fun and she could go off and do her own thing.

This morning, we planned to meet another neighbor, Heidi and her boys at the park, Emma wanted to take her scooter to show them.  She rode all the way to the park and at the park it was like night and day, she was on this thing gliding aloneg... I was so surprised at how well she did.  And I guess it goes to show, that she does know what to do and how to do things, we just have to give her time and space.  She still needs to learn how to use her body to go left and right, but I'm sure that will come as she gains more control with her body.

Addi loves the scooter too, she has good balance, holds on and goes along with you.  So adventurous and such great gross motor skills, she's probably going to learn to ride a bike and learn to ride a scooter with ease and so much younger than Emma - guess thats what a big sister's influence will do to you....

Yes, we are looking into getting this girl a bigger bike

Here is a video of Emma today on her scooter.