Aaron's 2 wheel bike

Aaron asked to ride his two wheel bike, and after 6 months of it sitting untouched in the garage, he rode it like a pro. Back in the spring his training wheels broke and we thought it was a good time to try it without training wheels. He gave it a try, but mostly rode his scooter all summer. Now he rides all the time and even goes for rides with Chris.

Aaron's learning how to ride his bike

A couple days ago Aaron's training wheel fell off mid ride. After he fell (onto grass) he had this perplexed look on his face, like "what am I going to do now?". He looked at me and I said "well it looks like a good time to learn to ride without training wheels, huh?"

Sunday afternoon bike rides

One of my favorite things of the week are my Sunday afternoon bike rides with the fam. We ride a couple miles around the whole neighborhood and the boys love it. It was in the 80's yesterday and it was the first time the boys were dripping sweat by the end. We love our neighborhood.

Alex Rides His 2-Wheel Bike

Alex is amazing. While I was in the house after school one day he decided to pick up his two wheeled bike and ride it for the first time. He was screaming MOM at the top of his lungs and I didn't know if he was happy or hurt. I came out, he showed me what he could do, then I got the camera.

Later I found out that five minutes before he tried it, he rode his scooter down to our neighbor's house and saw their little 5 year old girl who just took her training wheels off.

He was inspired. He got on his bike and started riding with NO help. It was so cool.

We are all so excited to ride bikes this summer. Aaron just bumped up from a tricycle to a bike with training wheels, Alex is on a two wheeler, I just borrowed a handcycle from Michigan Sports Unlimited to stay in shape during the pregnancy, and Chris registered to do the DALMAC in September. The DALMAC is a 5 day bicycle camping tour from Lansing to the Mackinac Bridge. We all have bikes on the brain right now.