A Successful (and long overdue) Stabilizer Removal

When Tim was 4 years-old, he got a "big boy bike" with training wheels for his birthday. Well last weekend, the training wheels finally came off!

It's not that we are neglectful of our son or keep him from playing outside. The truth is that wherever we have lived, it wasn't safe enough for Tim to ride his bike outside. So, we'd have to put his bike in the back of the car and take it to the park (or here- to base), for him to have a chance to ride.

Well, I recently took a walk in the village, and discovered that what I thought was someone's personal driveway was actually a road to a few people's driveways. It was a perfect road for bike-riding. So, we took the kids up this road last week for them to practice (Maddie has her brand-new, big-girl bike now, of course). It was pretty clear that Tim was no longer depending on his training wheels anymore. (By the way, in the UK training wheels are called "stabilizers".)

So, a few days later, the "stabilizers" came off. And with only a wobble, Tim was off! Way to go Tim!