Another milestone for Thomas

Before the wheels came off.

Last year, Thomas took a tumble off his bike and could not be coaxed back onto it for anything. This year has been better. Yesterday Thomas finished his dinner and declared that he wanted to ride his bike. So I grabbed a handful mail that needed to go into the local letter box and we headed out the door.  Lillian was nowhere near finished eating and stayed home with mommy.

After posting the letters we decided to head home through the park that runs parallel to the river.  It has a bike lane and lots of flatish soft grassy areas, which is when it got interesting. With almost no complaints from Thomas I took the training wheels off and gave him a push out onto the soft grass.  He went for about 10 meters and then fell over. And then we did it again, and again - almost entirely without complaint.  Eventually I brought him back onto the bike path, gave him a push, and quickly found myself running to try and keep up with him (yes, welcome to the rest of my life).

 He still doesn’t get more than 15 - 20 meters before spiraling out of control, but this year at least he is keen to keep trying. Oh what a difference a year makes.