Look Mom! No Training Wheels

Gavin was at Aunt Sadie's on Monday and wouldn't you know it he decided to learn to ride a bike without training wheels and without mom or dad there to witness the event! I was so excited and yet so sad, another "first" that I missed because I was at work. : (  Being the nerdy mom I am I went home and got the camera AND camcorder and went back to Sadie's to at least document the day and place.

 Gavin on Luke's bike

Riding without Training Wheels from Teri Fry on Vimeo.

Gavin was so excited he ran outside to tell Cody when he got home. Cody could tell he I was upset that I missed it, so he tried to make it up for me. He took the training wheels of of Gavin's bike (that was also Cody's first bike) so that I could watch him ride his bike for the "first" time without training wheels. I love my boys!

 Getting ready to go

Riding his own bike without training wheels from Teri Fry on Vimeo.

 All ready to go on our first family bike ride Training-Wheel-Free!

 Gavin wrecked into a thorny rose bush on the way home. He was pretty much ok until he rubbed his face and got blood on his hands and then it he thought he was going to die! I had to pull the thorns out of his face with a pair of tweezers, but he was so brave! After the wreck he still wanted to finish riding his bike home, what a trooper.

He also had a hard time riding past wooden fences that are up against the sidewalk. He gets distracted by them and rides right into them.

On a side note:

Gavin saw this advertisement on TV the other night and (referring to Ashton Kutcher) he said, "Mom, There's Jesus( a pause)...why doesn't he have any clothes on?" Boy did I have some explaining to do!