Bike Riding

Winter seems to be dying a slow and painful death. We had just a couple of nice days over spring break...followed by rain and snow. However, we did take advantage when the weather was relatively nice to get the boys out bike riding. Both Austin and Preston got new bikes for their birthdays. The first pictures is of Austin on his new bike which is just a bit big for him, but works actually quite well, and is so much faster than his old bike--the change from wheels that are 12" in diameter to wheels that have a 16" diameter. Preston's case was kind of funny. Our goal was to teach him to ride his two wheeler over spring break. On the first attempt on Friday, we thought it would be an uphill battle. His steering was extremely erratic and it seemed like he had no balance. Rob improvised an imitation strider bike. Strider bikes are pedal-less bikes that kids propel by pushing off the ground. They are supposed to encourage balance. Anyway, Rob took the pedals off Austin s old bike and Preston practiced on it for a while on Friday and again on Saturday.Then I went out to help him try the two wheeler again. After holding on and helping for a while I got tired, and let go....and he kept on going. Next thing you know he is a two-wheel bike rider! After a little while, we called is dad out and surprised him!