Kids develop differently and we have never been surprised with the fact that our boy who started running the minute he could walk has always been a step ahead of his sister in coordination. It's just the way it's been around here.

But our girl? She's been surprising us like crazy around here the last couple of days. Max was able to drive his four wheeler by his self the night of his birthday party. Rory? Well we figured we'd need someone to ride with her until Spring at least. This girl? She's all about doing it herself!

She doesn't ride as long as her brother, her hand gets sore from holding the throttle down and she'll tell you when she's done. But she can do it and she's doing it pretty dang well too!

Don't fall in love with her new helmet though. She finally got it today (it was on back order so it didn't make it to the party) and the helmet is a different brand than her brothers and apparently that brand runs larger. So we're off to find a different one that will fit.

We also had to do a bike exchange. Grandma and Bopa did get her the cutest bike ever, but it was a bit too tall for Rory. Daddy brought home her big girl bike and Rory was riding it within moments. Seriously? It took Max a few weeks to figure out that he couldn't back peddle as he'd keep stopping himself. Rory is all about moving forward!

The girl is almost as fast as her brother and she's been doing this big girl bike thing for an hour!

Of course, I should have figured it'd be Rory that would pull out these surprises. She has always been the unpredictable one. Looks like we'll be extra busy this fall getting as much practice in as we can on both the four wheeler and the bike before the snow hits us.