Learning to Ride Bikes

 Drew was so incredibly mad at Jocelyn because she went between them and wasn't being safe.

It took some doing, but we got Drew riding his bike. He kept saying it was safer to ride with four wheels instead of two. Every time he'd fall he'd scream that he almost cracked his head open, especially if it was near any rocks - big or small. And the open ditch that is maybe a foot deep and completely surrounded by tall grass was a death trap waiting to eat him. But, he did it and he's so proud he did something hard. We had to get him a bigger bike because his was just too small for him. He was ticked that we didn't get him another little bike and kicked and screamed the entire time John was trying to get him to be able to ride this one. He didn't like the hand brakes, he didn't like the big tires, he didn't like that it was heavier than the last one. And he especially doesn't like to bike when anything is sharing the sidewalk with him. Hence the reason we went to the church parking lot. However, if the other kids got anywhere near him he'd freak out!

Jocelyn on the other hand was having a blast. She got Drew's old bike and she is LOVING it. She jumped right on and off she went. She loves to go fast and to ride up and down and up and down. Jocelyn LOVES the show Peppa Pig. So much so that she's actually developing an English accent when asking a question. When she learned how to ride a bike with training wheels she said: "this is brilliant!" Maybe it's time to introduce an American cartoon.

Alexis liked tormenting Drew by riding close to him.