Practicing Bikes

Mr. Trouble on Feet has been waiting all winter to ride his bicycle again.  In fact, he would be quick to tell you that he has three bikes, because he’s three.  One is a red trike.  One is his blue balance bike.  The third is his big black pedal bike that he learned to ride at the end of last summer.  As soon as enough snow melted from the driveway and front sidewalk, he was out with his balance bike and begging to try the big black pedal bike.

The best place to practice riding a pedal bike is the montessori school parking lot, just up the street from our house.  On a beautiful evening, I trekked up there with my delighted boy.  His big brother came along to ride circles around him as fast as he could.  The act of balancing and pedaling came back quickly for Mr. TOF.  We are working on reviewing steering.

The weather has been amazing all week long, which has been such a treat because the kidlets were on break from school.  It was so good to be outside!  The next few days are going to be full of precipitation and colder temperatures again, but we relished our first taste of spring while we could.