It sounds like a Dr. Suess book, Will on Two Wheels. But he is! I took a walk with the kids this morning and Jack mentioned that Will didn't really even use his training wheels. He was right, with the exception of when Will begins wildly turning his bike to and fro. I asked Will if he would like to give it a try without the trainers. He had tried earlier this summer, but after two minutes decided it was too much work. He has a tendency of being a little less than enthusiastic about new things. I'm trying to nicely say he can be lazy. Do you remember potty training? And he is always complaining about going up hills on his bike.
To my surprise, he was on board, and excited too. I pumped him up and we were all really excited. We started at the bottom of the driveway in front of the house on our very flat sidewalk. Its a perfect place to learn to ride. I had to hold on to him for a while. But I'd say after 15 minutes he could go straight for the lenght of our sidewalk. He practiced off and on all morning, and by the time Lewis came home for lunch to check it out, he was starting off all by himself. He still needs to keep working on it but he has it. Despite the fact that he still sometimes asks for the training wheels back on, its just less work.
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