Whiplash

We had a great Thanksgiving with my family in town and I'll be posting photos of that as soon as I get some from Jere. This is what I do have photos of now. ...

Iwalani has had this Barbie Jeep since last Christmas. The last time she drove it, we saw her zipping across the yard into the fence, screaming with her arms in the air the whole way. Since then she's just been sitting in it listening to the radio and occasionally getting out to look under the hood to "fix" it. We decided that it was time for her to really give it a good try where she can't hit anything.

At first, she was scared to push the gas because she would run into something. We were in an empty parking lot, so we assured her that wouldn't happen. She still wouldn't keep it pressed down so I showed Kawika how to reach over and push the gas pedal and that was the end of that! Once she figured out it was fun and good and slow, she took over controls and even wanted to go faster. She finally learned how to steer and also learned how to spin out. John was trying to get her to do it in this clip, but it didn't work out.

She was pretty pleased with herself.

I'm pretty sure that hat will come up in Kawika's future therapy sessions.