One very proud Mummy!

Yep, that's me today! I arranged with a neighbour and her daughters that today we would meet up in the road for cycle practice! Since we took Robert's stabilisers off of his bicycle he has been refusing to even try to ride it. He admires it, but wouldn't try riding it! I haven't forced it, but the other Mum and I thought if we got our kids together, they might get the idea from one another. Well,...
We got outside and Robert was wobbling all over the place, whilst I bent down and tried to steady him by holding the handle bars. That didn't work too well, then I held on to the back of the saddle, that was a little better, but Robert then insisted he wanted to hold hands! That wasn't going to work at all, and we were still in front of our house! Richard on his little scooter bike was already half way down the road and nearly there. So to speed us up a bit, I told Robert to scoot his bike, like he used to on his scooter bike and like Richard was doing. That said, off he scooted. By the time we got to our friends house, he was really speedy, Sabine even said, "was he riding it properly", I said no. I WAS WRONG!
He realised when scooting, that the balance thing was the same, lifted his feet off the ground put them on the pedals and that was it, there was NO stopping him! Wow, it was so fun to watch. I didn't have to do anything. He just "got" it! He was driving in circles, doing an 8 shape, driving up and down the curb, and all this with no problem whatsoever! A NATURAL!


Unfortunately after only 30 minutes it started to rain, and neither Robert or Richard could understand, why we had to take cover and why they couldn't carry on cycling. In the end we left Sabine's to go back to our barn for some cycling in there. But that wasn't what they wanted either! We went indoors had some sweeties and then when it had brightened up again, we were back out again, and the fun continued. This time Robert started cycling up a little hill there and speeding down. Unfortunately braking with the tips of his shoes, I told him that that was not a good idea, and he came straight over "show me how to brake, Mummy", So I did, and then he practiced it coming down the hill! Wonderful, he learnt to cycle and brake and all in one afternoon and all on his own! I am so proud of him, and he is of himself too.
I did take a few pictures, so watch this space! And expect more cycling tales in the future, cause I think that is going to be all he wants to do from now on in!

And here is what I forgot to post yesterday, I used a new kit called Bubblegum available at DigitalArts Cafe. Nice bright colours for this great pic from Zoe's Birthday Party.

Credits:
Bubblegum by Phillsboo at DAC

Bye 4 now