This girl was so ready physically to get the training wheels off her bike. She would zip all over the neighborhood. Only problem was she was afraid of falling off the bike once we took the training wheels off. We'd been talking about it for awhile so one evening when Mitch got home from work, he went and took them off and told her if she didn't like it he would put them back on. I was busy feeding the baby so it took me a few minutes to go out and watch. By the time I got out there she was doing amazing but still wouldn't let Mitch let go because she was afraid, even though she was totally doing it on her own. It took Mitch finally telling her that if she fell he would buy her ice cream and him promising to not let go unless she said (she really likes having control of most things). The next time they went across the parking lot she let him let go and was off. It took maybe 10 minutes total to teach her to ride the bike. Now she is once again zipping around the neighborhood and telling everyone that we meet (even the little old lady walking around the park) that she can ride a two-wheeler. She is so proud of herself. My favorite is that we can all go on bike rides together and it is so fun!
Oh and we still went for ice cream to celebrate even though she never fell off.
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