Beatrice the Brave

Last week at Children's Fairyland in Oakland Beatrice rode a two-story Ferris wheel all by herself and loved it! (The ride was "No Adults Allowed.")

Beatrice embarks alone on the Ferris wheel

And this week she went on her first solo pony ride at Griffith Park - the ponies are trained to walk around the track on their own without any trainers walking alongside them. Beatrice loved it, too, and kept shouting, "Walk, pony, walk!"

Maybe it's just because I was such a coward when I was a kid, but I am so proud of how brave my daughter is!