Bike Rider - Austin

Well Austin can finally ride a bike on his own. We have been working on this for a while and yesterday was the day that it all came together. I took the kids bikes down to the campground that Gma and the kids are staying at to have dinner and play for the evening. So I got the bikes out for the kids and Austin was still kind of scared. So finally he got on and we went up and back with me holding onto the seat. Then he was done, wanted to scooter instead. I haven't pushed him this whole time so I let him, then we tried it again a bit later. Finally we were cruising along and I could tell he wasn't needing my help holding on so I let go and jogged next to him. He started getting excited that he was doing it by himself. A couple more times up and down and we decided to go around the big loop. Figured there were no turns to deal with just big sweeping ones which he should be able to handle. So I jogged next to him all the way around and it was like 1/4 mile trip like a field track. He did great all the way around. One lap was enough then he wanted to stop. A short bit later he was grabbing his helmet and wanted to go for another spin. So off we went for another lap. When he wanted to go another one I was exhausted so I asked if he thought he was ok on his own and he said "Yeah dad". so I stopped and cut accross the infield waiting for him to come around. He did great. Zoom right by me. So then Kortne started to follow him around like a good big sister making sure that he was ok. He went so fast that she had a hard time keeping up. By the end of the night he was zooming all over the place. He was very proud of himself as was I. Great Job Austin.