Bikers

Thayne and I have been trying to teach the older three kids to ride a two wheeler and we have succeeded with 2 out of the 3. Jaed and Indi caught on very quickly and are riding everywhere. Josie is a bit more hesitant because she doesn't want to fall so we put her training wheels back on her bike and told her to tell us when she's ready to learn to ride without them. I check in with her a lot and ask her if she's ready to learn without the training wheels and she's not shy to say, "No, I'm not ready!". She is quite speedy on her bike with training wheels so there is no pressure to learn since she can keep up with her other two siblings. This is the main cause of tension between our old FART neighbors. One neighbor doesn't want them riding on the sidewalk because a car might back out and hit them and another neighbor doesn't want them to ride in the street because they might get hit by a car. Mind you, that that they are NEVER outside riding their bikes without Thayne or I (or both of us) out there with them making sure to get them out of the way if a car comes but obviously that isn't good enough for our crabby neighbors. They think our kids should not leave our yard even when riding their bikes.

Anyways....enough about the old folks....Kaia doesn't have a bike but she's off and running on her little scooter!




Thayne's parents got this bike for Josie but it's too big for her right now and Jaed out grew his bike so he's not apposed to riding it!























She's ready with her knee pads and elbow pads on!























We don't' think this bike was meant to be ridden without the training wheels because it has no brakes, but it doesn't stop Indiya!























Here's our Indiana Cheerleader riding her nifty scooter!