I don't recommend our first attempt with DD9 either...

We took her to a field by our neighbourhood playground. It was lush and green. We gave her a pep talk and set our bee-phobic 7-year old sailing into a sea of dandelions. About 50 bees flew up off the flowers and it too almost a year before we could convince her to get back on the bike!

Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it. — L.M. Montgomery