Packer can ride his bike!!

Packer learned to ride his bike last night!

2 or 3 weeks ago we bribed Packer that we would take him and his siblings to Despicable Me 2 if he learned to ride his bike. The thing is he just wouldn’t even try. He was scared to take the training wheels off and scared to even get on. He watched his siblings and cousin learn but he did not want to fall and get hurt. This is the theme of his life right now. He is scared. Scared of falling. Scared the demolition cars would hurt us. He has this phobia ever since he had stitches on his eye. He often tells me how accident prone he is and tells me all of the times in his life that he has been hurt (which is only 4 times). Anyway, we have had many talks/lectures lately about living life and not being afraid. For the past few weeks Benji has been very anxious for Packer to ride his bike so that we could all go to the movie. He begs him and then they both get upset at each other… Last Night Ben and I had had enough of it. Packer had tried 2 other times, once with Ben and once with me and we knew he was ready so we MADE him get on the bike. HE had the balance down and quickly learned to start and stop on his own.

apparently I didn’t get a good picture

The whole family is excited for him. He is still very nervous and I am going to make sure he gets back on the bike today and tomorrow so he can really get it. He’s getting blisters on his hands from holding on too tight.

This summer 3 of our kids learned how to ride their bikes! I’m not sure if it was the new cul-de sac or just the right timing but either way it is fun to have little bike riders. We are enjoying our last few summer nights!