June 27th, 2009
Riley's old Jeep has been
sitting in the garage for a few years now. Every once in a while when
Chris is mowing the grass or something, Ella would go sit in it and
pretend to drive. I tried charging the battery but it appeared to be
completely dead. I had previously looked for batteries online and they
were all in the $50 range so I never ordered one. Today while Chris
was mowing, Ella was playing in the Jeep in the yard and of course
couldn't drive it anywhere. I called a local battery store and they
had one in stock and we decided it would be worth the money so that
Ella could enjoy the Jeep too.
We loaded the battery in and took
Ella out to show her. She got in and immediately put her foot on the
pedal and was surprised when the Jeep lurched forward. Chris tried to
teach her how to hold her foot down on the "gas" pedal and steer but
she couldn't seem to master the two and kept running in to things.
Finally big sis Ciara got in with her and took her for a ride up and
down the sidewalk.
Ella would yell for us to "Get out of the
way!" Even when we were quite far away. She seemed quite content to
be a passenger and talk on the Jeep's walkie talkie.
Ciara felt
quite grown up driving her little sister around. She did quite well
backing up and turning the Jeep around. She pretty much declared
herself ready to drive.
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