Look ma....

No training wheels!

A few weeks ago we convinced Bode that he needed to learn to ride his bike without training wheels. Bad idea. He was not ready. That attempt ended in tears. Today Bode was riding bikes in the front and asked Jeremiah to take off his training wheels. It took a few tries, but he was in good hands. Jeremiah was with him peddle for peddle. Bode caught on quite quickly, although it is going to take a whole lot of practice to figure out how to start by himself and steer.This time there were no tears. And only one big crash. He rode straight into the side of the tahoe, even then he came up laughing.

He did so well, and is so very proud of his great accomplishment! You can tell by all the jumping around and huge smile across his face.

So are we. 

He is growing up so fast. He will be 5 in March! Wow!! He is doing very well in preschool. His counting is coming along. He as struggled with numbers and could barely count to 10. Last week he and Laine were playing and he was counting in his room. He got clear to 10! It may sound like a small thing but it is huge for him. He has some fun little friends that he likes a lot. They are all in the same preschool class and he talks about these 3 boys all the time. The other morning I got out his clothes so he could get dress for school. He came out a bit later with 2 shirts on. One long sleeve on the bottom and a short sleeved one over the top. I asked him why he did that and he told me it is cool to wear 2 shirts. When I drove the carpool that morning all the boys talked about how cool they were with their 2 shirts. One even proclaimed that he was going to wear 5 shirts the next day! The boys just laughed and cheered. I guess it is cool to wear 2 shirts. Oh dear, peer pressure starts early.