Bikes

Summer was passing us by, and I realized there were two important things that didn’t get done. We never really spent the time with Kyle to get him to ride without training wheels and Blake’s hand me down bike never got fixed.



We went to the store and found out that to replace the tires on Kyle’s old bike now Blake’s bike was $40! So, we just went ahead and got him his very own bike. Needless to say, he loves it! We had to train him to use the brakes. He wanted to put his foot on the back tire to slow himself down. Not going to work when you are going fast and probably dangerous too. But with some practice and reminding he is doing just fine.





Last fall we started teaching Kyle to ride without training wheels. He did great but then the weather changed and over the winter it was forgotten. I haven’t been the greatest about being out with the kids a lot this summer so we put off retraining him. But without much help he has been riding without training wheels again just fine. He needed some coaching from dad to learn how to get started on his own. But now he just takes right off. Just like Blake though, he also needed help getting stopped when he goes too fast. But he is getting the hang of it just fine.