We Are Riding on Two Wheels!!

One of our goals for the summer has been met! We have graduated from training wheels to 2 wheels and boy are we proud of ourselves! A week ago, on Sunday morning before church, Tom decided to take the training wheels off of the bikes and work with the kids in the driveway while I was finishing up getting ready for chuch. They had been out there for 20-30 minutes (in the rain) when I walked outside and discovered that Berkeley had almost mastered it. She was still a bit wobbly and we had to practically pry her away from the bike while it started to downpour and we rushed off to church. After church, we came home, ate lunch and Berkeley hopped back on the bike. After a couple more practice runs up and down the drive way she had it down pat! We were so excited that we rode bikes (we put Oliver's training wheels back on cause he hadn't quite mastered it yet) to the little corner grocery store so that they could get a candy. This is the same grocery store that Grandma Potts rode her bike to as a kid and the same one daddy rode his bike to as a kid to pick out treats!

The next day Tom and I had to spent most of the morning in Seattle, but when I got home later that afternoon Oliver asked if I would help him practice on Berk's bike. Berkeley really didn't want to give up her "new wheels," but Oliver oh so sweetly reminded her "Berk, remember, Jesus wants us to share" (why does it seem he only remembers that when he wants someone to share something with him and not the other way around?). So, Berkeley graciously shared her bike so that he could have a turn. Within 20 minutes he was doing circles all by himself in the grass. He called all the neighbors out to watch him and got a trail ride all planned out with Mr. Jim's family and our family to go on sometime.

So, last Sunday, yet again, we found ourselves riding bikes to the corner grocery store to pick out a treat after church. I have a feeling we will be doing that after church for the rest of the summer. That's fine with me though. I think it's so cool that my kids get to ride bikes to the same grocery store that their dad and grandma rode to as kids. What fun memories and traditions!