Look Ma...no training wheels!!!

We orginally got Sean his first bicycle for his 5th birthday. He didn't too too badly with the training wheels on at the time, and when we took the training wheels off due to a problem getting them to balance correctly, he honestly did pretty well then too. Well, we thought so. Sean had a completely different opinion.

The first time he fell off the bike that was it. No more. He told us he couldn't ride a bike, and he wasn't going to even try anymore. Since we didn't know anything was wrong at the time, we just thought he was being stubborn....really REALLY stubborn. Anyways, we have tried to convince Sean to get back on a bike here and there over the past two-and-a-half years, but we've had very little luck doing so.

That is, until this past Sunday. One of Sean's favorite things to do outdoors is to ride his Razor scooter. So over the weekend BJ and I began to point out that, much like the scooter, a bicycle has two wheels, and if he could balance the scooter, the same rules should apply to the bike sitting in the garage.

At first Sean looked at us like we were nuts. Really, what do Mom and Dad know!?!  But the message must have broken through Sunday afternoon, because Sean put down his beloved scooter and asked BJ to take the bike out of the garage.

He wobbled a lot at first trying to figure out the pedaling and steering at the same time, but surprisingly he didn't give up....and HE DID IT!!! Here are some pics of the big dude on two wheels...