Landon Is a Biker...

....a bicycle biker, that is. Last summer I tried to get Landon to ride his bike without the training wheels, and I'll tell ya', it was hard. Now, I've taught all the other boys how to ride a bike, and I thought I had the technique down, but this kid was kickin' my tail. We had gone to the walking track where there are no curbs or obstacles. I ran, and ran, and ran behind that little bike, but no dice. I also took him and his bike to the park where there is a big, grassy hill. My other new bike riders learned how to balance by being sent down the hill where they can get the momentum to balance and wiping out wasn't as scary. But, all this trip to the hill resulted in was me tumbling down the hill (yes, I did) and trying to save face with the other park moms by doing a fist pump in the air and yelling, "Wahoo!" once I gained my feet. It wasn't pretty, I can tell you. So, when Landon came to me the other day asking if he could ride his bike, I'll admit, I was a bit uninterested. Leon and I were busy with a project and neither of us could help him, so Leon said, "Sure, go ride your bike." I thought he was just getting him out of our hair, but the next thing we see is Cameron out in the cul-de-sac helping Landon with his bike. A few minutes later Cameron comes running in telling us that Landon is doing it.

I was a bit shocked to see him actually riding the bike on his own. Yes, Landon is a very capable, independent kid, but I'd like to think that all the running and neck breaking (literally) work I did last summer somehow paid off.

Apparently, from this video, Landon was still working on his navigation and stopping skills. However, no children were harmed in the filming of this video: