New Skills

Saturday was a big day for Nathan.  He woke up with a plan.  He told Dad they needed to take off his training wheels and go to the church to practice riding.  Nathan was convinced that it was his day to learn how to ride a "two wheeler."  After breakfast Curtis took off the training wheels and headed over to the church parking lot with the kidlets.  And what do you know, an hour later Nathan was balancing and pedaling like a pro. Mounting and dismounting are still a little rough but once Nathan gets going, he is golden!  I asked Curtis what he did to teach Nathan so quickly because it has only been the last few weeks that Nathan has been confident enough riding with the training wheels to venture away from our driveway.  Curtis said the secret was first teaching Nathan how to "fall" off the bike by putting his foot down and letting the bike drop before tumbling to the ground with the bike.  Once Nathan new how to escape when he felt unsteady, he didn't worry at all and focused purely on balancing.  Good move Dad!