Nicholas got a new bike for his birthday. Neither of the boys know how to ride with no training wheels yet. So last night I decided to teach Blake how to ride and it brought back a memory from my childhood.
Yesterday, however, just must not have been a bike day...I should have saw the signs. It started with me running over Aspen's bike. Then, Nicholas left his bike behind a car and Marc ran it over. I wasn't as irritated with Aspen (hers is a hand-me-down from Blake's early years) as I was with Nicholas (his was only three days old). That boy is so accident prone, I swear. So after ranting to him about taking care of his things we decided to test the baby out.
Blake wanted to try first. Let me just say that it is a given that Nicholas will learn to ride a bike first and Blake will feel the need to learn soon after (he can't stand for Nicholas to be better than him at anything). But Blake also likes to make Nicholas the guinea pig most of the time. Blake is usually a big chicken...but I have to admit, he gets that from me. Blake was not thrilled with me letting go of the bike. He fell, of course, but I didn't expect him to be so angry. At least he tried :)
I remember very clearly the day one of my mom's girlfriends tried to teach me to ride a bike. I had to have been in Kindergarten and I wanted no part of it. I refused to even get on. She was so frustrated and upset with me (I understand those feelings all too well now) and she threatened to put my bike in the trash. Most kids would beg for that NOT to happen. Not me, I fully supported the idea, so there it went into the dumpster. Much to my dismay she took it back out, but she never did try to teach me to ride again :) I actually didn't learn to ride until I was in first or second grade. I pretty much taught myself. I had a new bike with training wheels on it and I started to feel myself not really using the extra wheels so I had them taken off.
Unfortunately I cannot find the training wheels for Nicholas's bike anywhere. It is driving me nuts that I have hidden them from myself so well.
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