He took it for a test drive. Anthony was very interested in what Dominic was doing:
This is easy!
And Joseph was ready to hop on Dominic's old bike, which is now his new bike!
So now the moment of truth:
There he goes!
And Joseph was ready to hop on Dominic's old bike, which is now his new bike!
So now the moment of truth:
There he goes!
And a crash!
Another try:
Off he goes again.
Daddy gives him a push. Notice that I volunteered for camera (and Anthony) duty. :)
And another crash. There were lots of those at first. But Dominic really got the hang of the whole balance thing very quickly.
Most of the time he came up smiling and determined to get on again and learn to ride:
However, on his final run of the evening, he ran into a tree. You know how it takes a little longer to get the whole steering thing when learning to ride a bike. So after consoling and some first aid, he was ready to show off his battle scars:
And I have to report that after a few days of practice, Dominic was able to ride several times in a row around the house and after a few more days, he was able to get his bike started by himself, and now he can, for the most part, ride where he wants to go! He was a determined young man and he seems so grown up now riding his bike around with Catherine.
Now on to sweet little Anne. When she saw Dominic riding across the yard that first evening, she decided she wanted to try as well. So Daddy took off her training wheels and helped her get started. After a time or two, she was not liking that feeling of being unbalanced and definitely not liking the falling part. She made it clear she did not want Daddy to help her anymore and she played around for a while:
She did not take both feet off the ground again:
In the end, it was clear she didn't want to learn to ride her bike yet(i.e. did not want to go through the falling down/getting up/try again process), so the training wheels are back on. She'll try again later!
No, not quite ready for bike riding:
Another try:
Off he goes again.
Daddy gives him a push. Notice that I volunteered for camera (and Anthony) duty. :)
And another crash. There were lots of those at first. But Dominic really got the hang of the whole balance thing very quickly.
Most of the time he came up smiling and determined to get on again and learn to ride:
However, on his final run of the evening, he ran into a tree. You know how it takes a little longer to get the whole steering thing when learning to ride a bike. So after consoling and some first aid, he was ready to show off his battle scars:
And I have to report that after a few days of practice, Dominic was able to ride several times in a row around the house and after a few more days, he was able to get his bike started by himself, and now he can, for the most part, ride where he wants to go! He was a determined young man and he seems so grown up now riding his bike around with Catherine. Now on to sweet little Anne. When she saw Dominic riding across the yard that first evening, she decided she wanted to try as well. So Daddy took off her training wheels and helped her get started. After a time or two, she was not liking that feeling of being unbalanced and definitely not liking the falling part. She made it clear she did not want Daddy to help her anymore and she played around for a while:
She did not take both feet off the ground again:
In the end, it was clear she didn't want to learn to ride her bike yet(i.e. did not want to go through the falling down/getting up/try again process), so the training wheels are back on. She'll try again later!
No, not quite ready for bike riding:
2 comments:
Do the bikes work well on the grass with training wheels? First Son doesn't know how to ride (since he doesn't have a bike) and I'd very much like to teach him. We just don't have any cement or sidewalks or anything like that so I hadn't really thought it was possible out here. Do you have bike recommendations?
Hmm, I think the kids mostly stayed on the cement part of the driveway when the training wheels were on. They could go in the grass, but it was harder to pedal.
But the grass was nice when they started to learn without training wheels. Easier to fall! We just got our bikes at Wal-Mart, nothing special. Does your church have a paved parking lot he could practice on? Too bad you weren't closer, he could come practice over here!
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