Tricycle!

We took Ella to the toy store to try out bikes, thinking that we'd get out of there with a simple scooter like the one she tried out in California. It took us a good half hour to get her from the front to the back of the store (she had to check out all the toys in between!), but then she was very excited to test drive every single bike in the bike isle. The scooters were not on display so we couldn't test drive those, and we ended up getting a shiny tricycle (that will probably last till the end of the summer before her knees hit the handlebar) and a helmet.
Now getting her out of the store was mission impossible, after she discovered the auto aisle next.

anyway, after daycare we ran outside with the new bike for the first time. i think she would have taken them to bed with her if we let her!

After two laps around the park she got a little tired and changed strategy: