Life is like riding a Bicycle

Liam and Mommy practicing without training wheels



Liam thought is was so cool to ride without training wheels

 

Luke and Daddy without training wheels.  Aiden is in the background (with hands on his hips) talking to a neighbor friend and most likely telling him what to do and how to do it!

There he goes!!

Aiden

Liam is off and riding.  They did not take very long to catch onto the process.

Waiting for a turn on the slide

Getting ready to head down the slide with our neighbor friend

Luke and Aiden

Aiden and his best friend, Maddie

Luke and Liam learned an important skill over the weekend.  After talking about it for several months, we took the training wheels off their new bikes.  This was a big step and they were both so excited.  Considering how quickly they learned to ride a bike with training wheels around the age of 2.5 years, John and I didn't think riding one without training wheels would take too long.  Thankfully, we were correct and they picked it up within a few minutes.  More importantly, we had a neighbor who was outside with his two boys and he offered to snap a few pictures since John and I were both helping one of the boys and taking pictures seemed virtually impossible at the time.  The hardest part is still getting the bike started from a stopped position, but they are getting better and finally remembering to keep pedaling and steer! 

We also had an impromptu party in the backyard "waterpark" on Sunday.  The MN weather is finally warm enough to swim outdoors without turning blue (unless you are Liam, of course) so we got out the slip and slide for the first time this year.  We had some black tarp left over from the hockey rink so John attached it to our regular slip and slide (the striped plastic one in the pictures) and made a much longer, much improved slide.  The boys were crazy and never stopped running for at least an hour.  We paid for all this activity the following day because they were so tired, but we had so much fun with the neighbors who joined us.  The slide was well seasoned with liquid dishwashing soap and water and the boys were a soapy, grassy, wet mess at the end; however, they had a blast!