Our Little Laura Ingles

That's our Jessica, dad always called you Laura Ingles from Little House on the Prairie. I guess it was because from early on, you were fiesty and energetic like Laura. Maybe it was because you had a headful of ringlet curls and slightly protruding front teeth. (which were straightened by braces)But all in all you were so much fun to watch scurrying around the house getting busy and being creative. The one time that always comes to mind and we like to tell the story, is when I was upstairs in our house. I was in your bedroom making up your bed. Your room was over the gararge. You were about four years old and had your bike in the driveway. You had some of dads tools and as I watched from above, I could see that you were trying to take the training wheels off of your bike. You managed to get most of it off with dads wrench and didn't want any help to finish the job. Mission acomplished! What were you to do next? You took your bike over to the curb of the street and with one foot on the curb and the other flung over the other side of your bike, you went up and down the curb until you taught yourself to ride without any assistance. Like the bird out of its nest, you became independent. Love Mom