Oh my Luke....this boy got a new bike for Christmas two years ago. He had seemed a bit interested, so we bought him a bike so he could ride with Andrew. Well....getting on a bike was never quite Luke's thing to do. We tried lots of things, one on one time, taking the bike places, riding with friends...and "nope, he wasn't going to do it." Last Mother's Day we finally got him on his bike with training wheels, but that lasted for one day. So, here we are in January 2011 and LUKE has DONE IT...in his own time!!! One day Andy and I were home with just him and we took him outside because he said he wanted to ride his bike and he was EXCITED to put on his helmet (his helmet is another story, I think he threw a fit about everyday before this because he didn't want to wear his helmet). He jumped on Andrew's old bike and took off on his training wheels. We were praying that the training wheels wouldn't give way because he may never get back on the bike. This was a MOnday, and Luke was very proud of himself. Tuesday we were outside with all the neighbors and he was riding again, but he decided to lift the training wheels up. I start yelling, "Luke you're doing it, you are riding on two wheels." The only thing he wanted to do on Wednesday was go on a bike ride. I took his training wheels off and away we went on about a mile ride. By the afternoon he surprised daddy and all the neighbors by flying around the streets on his two wheeler. He looked like he ad been riding it for years. He's already gone on a couple mile ride with me and he is doing great. We are very proud of him and Luke is a constant reminder to us that we all like to do things in our own time and when we are ready!!! Love YOU Mr. two-wheeler!!!
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