Sunday, July 13, 2008

Learning to ride a bike









Now for those of you who can't remember, learning to ride a bike takes a lot of effort and inflicts a lot of pain. Zane has learned that this weekend. Although his problem was not riding the bike, it was stopping. Luckily he had a lot of props to help him stop - trees, trucks, Dillon, Zeke, and the ground. Starting was also a problem, trying to get the pedal in the proper position to start took a lot of effort and a lot of shins hitting the pedals. Speed is another issue. He could go really fast farely easily, but slowing down was another issue. Thank goodness he had soft grass that he could turn into to help him slow down before using one of his props to help him stop! After a few days he has really gotten the hang of it and does really well. We had to get him a smaller bike so he could reach the ground better and that helped. Once he learned to ride it lit a little fire under Maddi and she has also learned to ride without training wheels. Makenna is still trying. Anyways, enjoy the pictures and remember when.