No Training Wheels!

It's May 18th and this is the day we took Charlie's training wheels off his bike.  He'd been asking for a while and we finally decided to give it a try. 

 Take 1-not bad

 After about 7 minutes he said to himself, "This is harder than I thought"

 Then Dave in Special Agent Oso (Disney Channel kid show) style laid it out in 3 simple steps:
Step 1: Put your foot on the pedal that is the highest to get started
Step 2: Watch in front of you and keep pedaling
Step 3: Have Fun!

 Next try after the pep talk and 3 simple steps.

 On the way back he did it!

 Ben pushed cars.

After 15 minutes he's doing it!  That little stinker is riding his bike without training wheels.

We headed down to the park so he could have a little more room to ride.

Can you hear the sudden concern in my voice after he zooms past me and I realize that he's going to have to figure out how to stop.  I had the "please don't let this be my $10,000 America's Funniest Home Video's winning video."  But he did great!  So proud of him!