‘Please can I cycle to Kindi, pleeeease?!’ Sophie pleaded, jumping up and down with her boundless energy.
With her Daddy all geared up to cycle into work Sophie decided she’d like to take the green route to Kindergarten and leave the car in the garage. Well, the conditions looked good for it – no mean wind to battle against, blue sky and sun to take the edge off the morning chill.
‘Okay Sophie,’ said Daddy, ‘Let’s go for it!’.
Sophie giggled with excitement and radiated positive energy. Charlotte, home with a virus, smiled happily for her sister and Mummy, also not A1, looked on in awe at Sophie’s energy and thought quietly, ‘That’ll hopefully tire her out. As much as I admire that girls enthusiasm, I’ll be glad of a peaceful morning with Charlotte and Alice.’
They waved goodbye and set off along the beautiful coast road. A fabulous way to start the day.
Daddy cycled alongside Sophie thinking, ‘This sure beats my old commuting days when I worked in the UK’. Sophie made the 3.5km ride with plenty of puff left to spare, leaving Daddy to cycle on into work. He took this little video footage on his iPhone, whilst carefully balancing on his bike and watching Sophie managing her brakes with great expertise heading down hill…
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That’s gorgeous. I love watching how the independence and self esteem grows along with such determination. Gorgeous, I say again!
Sarah, this is such a lovely post (ok, I think I say this about all your posts…hehe)
Your hubby did such a great job at commentating us through the journey. Sophie is such a trouper!!
What a great treasure it is to have the documented on camera.
Great job Sophie and Daddy!
That is so cute!!! I think she grew confident towards the end as she manage to enjoy the view while cycling! and a kiss towards the end! awww…
Dan has got very steady hands as he did a very good recording and well done on the commentary! He can go contest Martin Tyler hahaha
You certainly are the ‘Fit Family’. What’s next? One of those little trailers for Alice so you can all bike together? I used to cycle everywhere in London, not to be green but because it was convenient and apart from the odd inner tube – free. I sometimes think about cycling to work here but the constant rain and my knee puts me off.
That was sooo cute! She’s really good at riding! And that kiss at the end – awwwww.
shes such a cutie
WTG Sophie
thats a long way bet she will sleep well tonight
well done Dan too for getting the video
Awww, so cute! I love it!
Whow…well done Sophie cycling all the way to Kindi and being so safe and sensible.Well done to daddy too and we have watched it over and over again!!
Awesome, Sophie is such a confident and competent biker for her age, wow! Stunning day for it too.
what a lovely videowatched it many times. well done dan and sophie
Wow that is amazing for a 4 year old! Sabina just turned 3 so I’ll look forward to the pedal bike action, she has only just got a balance bike!