Riding Bikes to School

For the first two months of 2nd grade, Hayden asked (almost daily) if she could ride her bike to school. I held her off until the weather was cooler, and decided an early release day in late September would be the best time to try. 

To say Taylor rained on her parade would be an understatement. Taylor doesn't ride a bike. Can barely ride a bike with training wheels. Has no desire to, nor has any intentions on learning how to ride a bike. You'd think with all the driveway bike parties we have in our 'hood that she'd want to ride a bike. BUT...she doesn't. 

Anyhow, we get on our bikes and start heading to school. We need to be at school by 8:00am, so we left at 7:30. We barely made it when the bell was ringing. Two teacher friends of mine were laughing as they saw us coming down the street while they were on duty, and spotted Taylor trailing behind in tears, me aggravated and Hayden downright pissed off. I'm sure it was quite the sight! 

I opted just picking them up in my car later that morning when it was time to head home, but knew Hayden wouldn't like that. Needless to say, it took us an HOUR AND FIFTEEN MINUTES to get home. Taylor cried, fell, whined and pouted the entire way home. I ended up sending Hayden ahead with the garage door opener and kept my fingers crossed that she would really follow the rules of the road. 

She came back on her bike twice, looking for us. She'd spot us and ride back home. When we finally arrived, she had already made herself a PB&J sandwich and was comfortably watching tv. 

Needless to say, we haven't tried that again!