What's better than.....

a brand new 2-wheeler bike under the tree on Christmas morning.

Santa brought 2 bikes to our house this Christmas for Ashley & Connor. Ashley got this cute little bike which she can BARELY fit onto and still touch the ground with her toes. Being her cautious little self it took us this long to convince her to try to ride a bike without training wheels. This week we finally convinced her to give it a try. She did really well. We had a few falls, but those were mostly because she could hardly touch the ground, so when she tried to stop they weren't the prettiest landings. She rode all the way down the street by herself and by today she was starting, stopping and making turns all by herself. We are so proud of her, she kept trying even after a couple of crashes into the bouganvillas, OUCH Then there is Connor........... AKA Superman.

While I was teaching Ashley he kept BEGGING me to take his training wheels off. I asked him to just wait a couple of days so that we could just teach one kid at a time. I finally relented and took the training wheels off of his bike. He hopped on and said "Mom, like this" and took off. He needs no instruction. He started off by himself the very first try, turned at the corner, rode back to the house and stopped right in front of me. He is amazingly coordinated. The whole time he was riding he kept saying, "I can't believe a four year old can ride a two wheeler!" Me neither Connor, me neither. He rode the boys scooters when he was "1", the kid just knows how to do everything.

And now this is how we spend all of our time, in front of our house riding bikes. We rode to pick the kids up for school on the half day, rode over to the park, all around the park and then home again. And then later that day he was ready to go again until it was just getting too dark, he is the energizer bunny.