Over the past few months Oliver has been using his birthday bike
as a balance bike. When we first got it we had taken it for a few spins
around Philly with the training wheels, unfortunately the training
wheels kept coming loose. The sidewalks are not the kindest to the poor
wheels and so one minute Oliver felt invincible and the next he would be
on the ground frustrated. Our practice path wasn't exactly the safest
because of the busy cars so we had taken off the pedals and training
wheels and just went down our very long hall. Then he decided to take a
hiatus until we moved here in NC. Oliver got the itch to try biking
again and so we brought it to the park near our home and I wanted to see
if he could just ride down the hills. And he could! I was so shocked
and amazed. He had his balance down, for riding straight at least. After
at least a week of hurling himself down the grassy hills we decided it
was time to put the pedals back on. We started off on the hills then
flat ground and now he's biking! Not perfect, he definitely still takes
some spills but he's tough most of the time at least. It hurts to fall.
When he starts feeling overly confident about his abilities he falls a
little bit more often and it's just so funny to watch.That wasn't very
nice of me, but it's true. He also gets this crazy-eyed determination to
bike as fast as his legs will take him. I look at him and I just know
he's imagining that he's a superhero in some radical superhero
contraption he has built himself. This milestone makes me so proud and
excited for him but also a little scared, because it means that he
really is growing up and there's no stopping it. Mostly, we're just
feeling really proud of our little
biker man.
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