Reeves has been riding his 12" bike with training wheels since he was just over 2. He loves that thing and can pretty much make it go wherever he wants. Even out in the country, there is almost nothing Preston can do on his big boy bike that Reeves can't do on his little bike. Well, that didn't last too long. In his constant effort to "be just like Preston", Reeves randomly requested, a couple of weeks ago, to have his training wheels removed. Right, so here it was then, this day I have dreaded only slightly less than the potty training and big boy bed milestones. Luckily, Aileen has been recently pushing me (kicking and screaming) into regular exercise, so running along beside him wasn't nearly as bad as I had envisioned. 
Here he is all geared up for the first attempt. It literally took only about 4 or 5 times up and down the driveway before he got it. After he mastered the art of riding in a straight line, we headed across the street to the big grassy field to attempt turning. This took a bit more practice and angst because it is so different than what he did with the training wheels, but it wasn't long before he got the hang of that too.
I wish we had taken more still shots of him on this little 12" bike because it wasn't but a day or two before we realized he really needed to move up to 16". 
He rode with Bryant all the way to The Back that weekend, and his little legs were moving way more and way faster than they needed to to get him where he was going. Luckily, Preston had graduated from his 16", so we were able to inherit that. 
And who knew, it's blue! We still have a ways to go before he's starting on his own. (This part is driving me crazy!) He has done it a couple of times, and as soon as he remembers that he can do it, I know we'll be fine. 
Now Reeves is beaming because there truly is nowhere Preston can go that he can't follow. As for Reeves' old bike, it has found a perfectly wonderful new home in the very capable hands of a two year old little brother who absolutely adores that he gets his big brother's bike now.
Here he is all geared up for the first attempt. It literally took only about 4 or 5 times up and down the driveway before he got it. After he mastered the art of riding in a straight line, we headed across the street to the big grassy field to attempt turning. This took a bit more practice and angst because it is so different than what he did with the training wheels, but it wasn't long before he got the hang of that too.I wish we had taken more still shots of him on this little 12" bike because it wasn't but a day or two before we realized he really needed to move up to 16". He rode with Bryant all the way to The Back that weekend, and his little legs were moving way more and way faster than they needed to to get him where he was going. Luckily, Preston had graduated from his 16", so we were able to inherit that. And who knew, it's blue! We still have a ways to go before he's starting on his own. (This part is driving me crazy!) He has done it a couple of times, and as soon as he remembers that he can do it, I know we'll be fine. Now Reeves is beaming because there truly is nowhere Preston can go that he can't follow. As for Reeves' old bike, it has found a perfectly wonderful new home in the very capable hands of a two year old little brother who absolutely adores that he gets his big brother's bike now.Bryant and I keep asking each other, "Are we really already at this point?" The older is riding without training wheels and in a couple of weeks, the younger one will be riding this little bike right along with him. What's happening to our "babies"?
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What? You posted? An absolute miracle! It is amazing what peer pressure can do. :) Before we know it, we will be posting about cars. Oh my!
Wow! Reeves is definitely coordinated
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