Taking the Training Wheels Off

As I mentioned in my previous post, C learned to ride a bike without training wheels last weekend.  I was really surprised at how quickly he picked it up since our last attempt at learning this skill didn't go well!  Here are some pictures.  I think you can see from the look on his face he was pretty excited...

He still has a little work to do on his dismount. Right now, his strategy is to "abandon ship" whenever it is time to stop :)

J showed C a trick or two...

Included in the tutorial was a demonstration of a "wheelie"...which didn't end well.  I hate it didn't work out for J, but the up-side is I don't think C will be attempting one anytime soon :)

As for accidents, C has done pretty well.  Though he had a run-in with my dad's truck and, yesterday, our mailbox, he is relatively unscathed.

I'm really happy that C has learned this new skill, but I didn't realize just how much I relied on his training wheels too.  Now that he's on just two wheels, it seems like he's going soooo much faster and the potential for injury sooo much greater!  I guess he's not the only one who has to get used to not having training wheels :)