In Late March, early April, Ian got really comfortable riding his little Thomas the Train bike. Side note about that bike-- annoyingly, him and Elisa tore all the stickers off and cut up the Thomas-themed padding because they decided they didn't want his bike to be Thomas the Train anymore--it was just a plain little blue bike with a "T" on the seat after they did that. Despite Elisa's "help" in stripping Ian's little bike of stickers, she sure was helpful in Ian's learning to ride without training wheels! I told Ian that when he learned to ride his Thomas bike with no training wheels, then we would buy him a brand new bike, because that Thomas bike was ridiculously too small for him. Ian told us that he wanted a red bike, so as soon as he was able to ride his little blue Thomas the Train bike, Erik went to Walmart and bought him a red bike that was the perfect size for Ian. Ian took to the new red bike right away. Almost every evening, Ian and I went for bike rides. Sometimes Elisa came along, and once even Gabe came! Our favorite place to go was the newly-discovered (as in, we've never been) pedestrian bridge that spans the 1-17 freeway. The first time Ian and I rode our bikes there, Ian was so slow and wobbly, but a week or so later, he was a pro! We took as many bike rides as the weather would permit, or at least until the clouds of flying gnats became intolerable and the mosquitoes showed up. Our last bike ride was mid-May, and now (June) is just too darn hot.
April 9
Big sis helping Ian learn to ride without training wheels.
A beautiful desert bike ride, with Ian on his too-small Thomas bike
He was so excited to get his new bike! He woke up early the next morning to ride it.
On the bridge! It was mesmerizing and dizzy-ing to see how fast those cars and trucks are going below us.
Ian sure did learn to ride a bike quickly. I noticed when we were there he zooms as fast as possible. I was worried when he went out alone crossing the streets. It's nice for the kids to go on family bike rides!
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