The most monumental thing about November was the kids all learning to ride their bikes. Woohoo!
Our good friends Josh and Cris had shown us the trainer bike they had gotten for their kids. It’s basically a bike with no pedals. It allows the child to just practice getting balance. So Jim took one of our kids’ bikes and removed the pedals to make our own trainer bike. (Note: in case you decide to do this to your kid’s bike, in removing the pedals, Jim made it impossible to reattach them, so that bike was permanently pedal-less)
This is not our bike, but you get the idea!
Boy, was that kid not happy! But the others were pretty nice about taking turns with it, especially the boys, and it wasn’t long before they were coasting easily down the street, their feet poised inches above the ground, balancing like pros!
So one day Thomas looked at Jim and said, “Take the training wheels off my bike!” So Jim did, and Thomas hopped on, and in almost no time, he was riding his bike! Zachary said, “Me too!” and in one day we had two kids riding bikes! On day 2, Jonathan was riding his too! (His was the one Jim removed the pedals from, so we had to buy him a new one)
Reagan was not happy about the boys taking off and gaining this skill without her, so she put some extra effort into the trainer bike, and within a week, she was pedaling off with the boys too!
I took video of all the kids riding their bikes, but I took it with my phone, and now it’s all sideways. Nobody wants to look at that, so you’ll just have to use your imagination!
In addition to riding a bike, the kids also went to their first UT basketball game! Super fun and a lot less expensive than football games!
Go Vols! So glad Josh, Cris, Carter, and Kennedy invited us on this outing! It was lots of fun, although I think the kids’ favorite part was riding the bus from the parking lot to the stadium!
Another treat this month was getting to sit it on one of Reagan's ballet classes. Look at her go!
