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Training Wheels, Shmaining Wheels

After a year of riding his Strider bike (a two wheel bike without pedals), Nathan and I decided Benjamin was ready for a pedal bike. Before buying him his own, however, we thought it would be a good idea to test him out on Cousin Weston's two wheeler. I figured it would take a couple days and many, many falls to teach Ben how to pedal and balance the bike, but I was wrong. A few words of instruction and five minutes later the boy was off and riding.
What impressed me the most about this experience was not that he picked it up so fast (though I am quite proud of that), but rather the quiet determination and persistence that I saw in my first born son. He listened to Nathan's simple instructions and for the next hour practiced his new found skill until he had it down. Each time he fell, he simply brushed himself off and got right back on the bike to try again. What an amazing little boy we have.

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