No Hands!

It has been our mission recently to help the Second Little Nguyen learn to ride his bicycle without training wheels. I have to say, this is one complicated mission! We had always thought that the Second Little Nguyen would be the most fearless of our sons, but it is exactly the opposite. When he sets his mind to something, there is no stopping him. But we should know by now that he will try nothing before he believes it is time! We are reminding ourselves that this will be a great trait to possess, especially later in life.

This weekend, we finally decided that maybe the key to getting him to feel more comfortable was to break out the old bicycle! He can reach the ground more easily with his legs and, more importantly, he can't go too fast on this bike (really this is better for us so that we can keep up with him once he really gets going!).

This evening after dinner, Chi took the Second Little Nguyen out to practice riding sans training wheels. And look. NO HANDS! After riding a few times this past weekend, and then with a bit more practice tonight, he was doing it...for seconds at a time! Something tells me that this summer we will be spending many sweltering hours sitting out on the cul-de-sac watching our two Little Nguyens chase each other...on bicycles.