Hey Grandma, Look at ME!!!

I always knew the day would come when the training wheels would come off of the bike. Honestly, I just didn't think it would be this summer.

The inspiration came from one of the neighbor kids – who is Mason's age. Sadid is the youngest son of our Afghan neighbors and he was riding his bike, sans training wheels, in the cul-de-sac on Sunday afternoon. I had casually asked Mason if he would be willing to try riding his bike without his training wheels and, to my surprise, he agreed!


"Mom, I'm going to need a kicking stand," Mason said, after he struggled to get onto his bicycle AND balance at the same time. Brian thoughtfully reminded me that he didn't have a "kicking stand" on his bike growing up on the farm and got along just fine.


I can imagine that his bike is heavy for him, but he managed to balance and get going a few times without help.


Learning Taekwondo has been a very good experience in that it teaches him perseverance in all aspects of life. I gave him a good push and off he went on the very first try!


Look at him go! I was giddy with excitement and HAD to call Brian at work.

Of course I captured the whole experience on video! He was so excited to get going and have me video tape him riding his bike to post on the blog. He's going to be so technology savvy!