It's Training Day

What better time to teach your two year old how to ride a big bike with training wheels then when there isn’t a cloud in sight and it’s a gorgeous 73 degrees outside…oh, and your 7 week old just went down for a nap?? Monday Madness of course! I’ve deemed Monday’s as Monday Madness because all I do all day is clean, wash and fold laundry, unload and load the dishes and so forth. You know how the house gets when your husband is finally home for the weekend and you try and cram in every waking hour doing something meaningful and productive. So, with today being one of those madness days, I was more than happy for an excuse to be outside with Dax!
A few weeks ago Dax, Wyatt and I ventured to the park in the afternoon to meet some girlfriends and Dax really took to his little friends bike. His friend Eli was so gracious and shared so nicely with Dax, but Dax wasn’t so willing to give Eli turns on his own bike. My friend asked if Dax had a bike and I said no, that Austin was really dying to get him one and had even picked out the one he wanted to get Dax at Costco.
Dax had already mastered the scooter, was ready for bigger and better things than his mini coupe car, and tried the skateboard, but that was a little too much. A bike was exactly what he needed. We hadn’t really gotten around to doing it yet with just having Dax’s birthday, Christmas and the new baby coming and we felt like we needed some sort of occasion to go out and spend the money, so we just hadn’t yet.
My friend told me that all of her and her husband’s brothers and sister treated them as a “Used Bike Lot” and they had 6, yes 6, bikes in their garage and she would love to give one to Dax. If she was just going to give them away, why not? So yesterday Eli and his mom came over and rolled the bike right in. Dax was ecstatic and Eli had picked it out especially for Dax to have. It was Sunday and we were on our way to Church, and let’s face it, getting out of church at 5:10pm isn’t really a spectacular time to go home and ride a bike, even if it wasn’t Sunday. Even though it was still in the house when we got hime, it broke Dax’s little heart that we couldn’t go out right then and there and go for a ride.With it being such a gorgeous day Dax and I went outside for a crash course on riding a bike with training wheels. I knew Austin would want to be the one to teach him so I just basically took a bunch of pictures as he sat so proud on his bike. We moved to the backyard and he sat there, not really moving, for close to a half hour. He’d come running in the house after “sitting” for a few minutes and announce he was “riding” his bike. He was so proud of himself and I loved it and couldn’t be more proud even if he wasn’t moving an inch! Thanks Eli and Ashleigh!!