parading preschoolers

Berkley was in a parade at her school today. She was so excited about it, because it was familiar to her this year. Last year, in her 3-year-old class, she got to participate in the same parade. This year was different, however. Last year Berkley rode in a wagon during the parade. This year, however, the preK class got to choose to ride bikes, scooters, or tricycles in the parade. Needless to say, Berkley thought she was pretty big. Each student got to decorate their "wheels" for the parade. (With the help of a 5th grade student!) Berkley proudly showed off her bike.

She and her friends waited anxiously for the parade to begin. It is pretty hard to look stylish in a helmet, but these girls seem to pull it off. They are too cute!

It was finally time to head to the track for the parade. Berkley was so excited to get started, and she had perfected her wave!

Let the parade begin! There were lots of excited kids ready to race the track, and Berkley was one of them!

All of the kids had the option of riding the track once, twice or three times. You better believe Berkley chose to make all three rounds!

Beckham enjoyed the parade too. He had a lot of fun searching for Berkley on the track and checking out all of the "wheels" that passed by. The Spiderman bikes were his favorites!

JT & Marmie were able to come to the parade too. Berkley enjoyed having a fan club to cheer her on.

After watching Berkley ride the track, Marmie, JT and I decided she was about to need a bigger bike! As adorable as her retro mini-cruiser is, I think it is time for her to advance to some bigger wheels. Her legs are too long and her training wheels won't be able to handle much more I don't think. They are permanently inverted. Matt seems to think we need to just ditch the training wheels next anyway. It looks like we might be doing it sooner than later now! (It is a good thing Berkley looks so cute in her helmet, because we might be putting it to some good use.)