The weather has been exceptionally nice lately. Adam and I decided it was time to quit hibernating with the Wii and get the kids outside! We are committed to teaching the kids about exercise. Since we are not going to jiu-jitsu anymore, it is up to us to keep them active. What better way than riding bikes?!
Adam taught Houston to ride a bike last year but we had not ridden much since then. Hayes had always ridden a bike with training wheels. We pulled all the bikes down and it was mind blowing how small the bikes had become (aka how large the kids have grown).
It was obvious that Houston needed a new bike and everyone else would just graduate a bike. It was time to teach Hayes to ride without training wheels! The poor guy was terrified of even trying. He kept coming up with every excuse possible as to why he didn't need to learn to ride a bike. We were not going to let a little intimidation stand in our way!
Hayes had not been on a bike for nearly a year, and even then it was with training wheels. Surprisingly, he caught on really fast! It took less than twenty minutes to get him riding. However, he did not enjoy it.
He did such a great job! He didn't even fall. But, he never did smile. Hawkins sure did enjoy his "new" bike!
We couldn't slow him down! He even fell once, cried for a second, and hopped right back on. So the next day, we went to get Houston a new bike.
And we can't slow him down either! Then we all went on a walk/ride down to the park. (Hayes still never smiled, even though he made it all the way down to the park on his own.)
We have since been on several more walk/rides and I have seen Hayes smile once, after I was praising him on how well he was doing. He still tries to come up with every excuse why he shouldn't ride his bike.
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