Bike riding!

Last weekend Z had his last tball game, and my camera memory card was at home....oops.  He did play tball this year, and I have no pictures.  Oh well.  The boys have enjoyed watching him, for a short time.  We normally would go and watch an inning, play on the playground, come back and eat snack and watch the last inning, and it has worked out pretty well.

So we went to his game, then went to Lowe's for their Build and Grow Clinic, where he built a waving flag.  Z and Nate work on one together, then I get an old one and let the boys kind of bang around on it.  Kind of crazy...3 boys with 1 hammer in the back of Lowes with boxes and "tractors" and a filthy floor...everyone enjoys themselves.

From there we headed to the World Bird Sanctuary (I still hadn't made it home to get my camera card, so no pics).  The kids loved it.  N kept saying "More owls, mama?  More owls?!"  We went down to the main center part and found out there was a show in about 10 minutes (at 1130), so we figured we would stay for it.  We had no snack, but thought the kids would like it.  It was outside and on stone steps, so we figured they could kind of roam a bit if needed.  We sat for the first part, then he announced he was going to start flying some birds over us, which sounded cool.  2 rules, he says.  1:  Stay seated.  2.  Be quiet.  Otherwise it will frighten the birds and they might freak out.  Ummmmm.....Nate and I just looked at each other.  We survived the first hawk (which swooped close enough to my head I felt the breeze).  The boys had done remarkably well....but we didn't want to push it, so we left after that first bird!

After lunch we went out front and Z's friend S (our neighbor) was out front, and her mom had just taken off her training wheels.  That was enough to convince Z that he should try again.  We hadn't pushed it since we tried a few times.  Nate took them off and Z rolled down the driveway a few times.  By this point S had given up and had her training wheels on again and was ready to ride down the street.  Z figured he would kind of roll behind her on his bike.  I suggested I go with him, and let him go in the street.  He almost immediately picked it up!  He probably went up and down the street 7-8 times, and by the end he was able to go down, around the circle a few times, and back on his own.  So proud!

He is still not able to start on his own or even really stop on his own (using brakes) but he has since asked to go ride and will happily go down the street, around the circle a few times, back to our driveway to turn around, then repeat.  The only pain is if a car comes and he has to stop (so I have to walk down to help him start).  He is quite proud of himself, and we are too!

For learning how, we took them all out to Culver's after dinner.  YUM and what a mess!