Caleb the Bike Rider

On Saturday July 16th, our church congregation had a party to celebrate both the 4th of July and Pioneer day. As part of the events, there was a bike parade. The Monday before the party, we decided it was time for Caleb to learn how to ride a bike so he could participate in the parade! We picked up a bike from our neighbors about a year ago who were just going to throw it away, but we hadn't gotten around to buying training wheels yet. So once the training wheels were bought and attached, it was time to start practicing. It was a slow process at first, but it helped that Caleb wanted to ride so badly. He wanted to keep practicing even though sometimes he got frustrated. We didn't think that Caleb would be able to ride independently come time for the parade because every few minutes he'd lose momentum and need a push to get going again. He surprised both Matt and I at the parade when he went around the parking lot several times all by himself. I think the other kids were motivation!! He is now quite the expert and is getting really fast. He loves any opportunity to go ride his bike!

Carter, the fabulous wagon rider!!