Trayjan the Bike Rider

Trayjan has learned to ride a bike! We are very proud of him as he has not had any interest until the last couple of months. He decided he wanted to learn so we went and bought him a cheap bike not knowing how long he would stay interested....to our surprise he wanted to give it a try for more then a day. Travis had put training wheels on Trayjan's bike per his request. This whole training wheel thing was just down right useless, Trayjan learned nothing, including keeping his balance.....so after two months of playing around with the training wheels it was time to just do it. I had Travis take the training wheels off and began to teach Trayjan about balance, putting his foot down to stop himself from falling, using the handle bars to stay balanced once riding, going down a driveway, using his foot pedal brakes and so on. It took him about an hour of coaching and he was up and riding....it was amazing...he is such a quick learner! So by day two we had a rider on our hands, although not without many crashes. He wears his helmet of course but hasn't put his elbow or knee pads on. I have to say after the effects of two crashes in one day, we have made the rule that not only will he be ALWAYS wearing his helmet, but knee pads and elbow pads are required until he's a bit more experienced. All this week we have had the pleasure of going on Family bikerides, which are the most fun ever! We have so many paths and trails in our neighborhood we can visit a different way each time we ride.

p.s. Jie is so funny, she has all these little pink bikes and mostly just rides Trayjan's little bike we have had since he was 2. He even put x's on it and 01 for the General Lee when he was 3. He loved it and it is so sweet to see another child riding it, I don't think I could part with it ever.