Learning To Ride

This post made me cry! Of course you know this, but each of you in your family is so blessed to have each other. Just wanted to say thanks for sharing with us!

Don't forget that Harry Potter eats chocolate when injured or upset. Just saying . . . and we enjoyed the last movie SO MUCH!! Best one of the lot.

Just beautiful!! Way to go Simon!
I love the photo with the rainbow. All I could think was God was sending him down a little extra love for the bike ride!

My daughter is just learning this summer too! AND, we also took her to the high school track since it's a bit squishier. Just last weekend she went around the
entire track without falling and was super proud of herself. Now, we just need to build her confidence that she can do the same thing off the track and on the sidewalk.

Great job, Simon!

way to go Simon! you can do it buddy. keep practicing!!

the rainbow and crows, the cake, trying again after the crash totally gave me goose bumps. so sweet.

Yay, Simon! And, yay for Ali for video taping. My brother video taped my niece on her first solo bike ride sans training wheels, and he caught her yelling, "Woohoo, I'm awesome!" as she rode by him. It's a priceless memory and extra special to have the video to share.

Ali, I love all of your blog posts, but this one brought tears to my eyes. There is so much love and support in the photos and she story of Simon's bike adventures. I can almost feel the pride in the words you write. Simon is so blessed to have you and your husband for parents. :). I have a 2 1/2 year old daughter and another baby girl due next week. I can only hope I am able to capture their challenging milestones with as much grace and love as you fo for your children. Best wishes!! :)

Beautiful story Ali and one we all need a reminder of. Go Simon! Don't give up!

Thanks for that reminder....Loved your words today...Needed your words today...GO SIMON!!!!

This is such a sweet post---I'm so glad Simon is enjoying the bike riding. Also glad he got back on the bike after a spill. That's a huge deal. Major determination!

I just happened to write a blog post about bike riding last week. It looks like you've got a great system down. But if you ever need an additional thing to try: we did a bit of riding on a gentle slope (grassy) when our kids were learning to ride. Built a lot of confidence that way. More details about that in my blog post:

http://ellieandabbie.typepad.com/bright_eyes_blue_eyes/2011/07/learning-to-ride-a-bike.html

Way to go Simon!!!! Love the photos. Love this story. Perfect encouragement years from now if he ever has his own littles...
Heidi

ahh..Ali this so reminds me of my Tim...the Taz as his cousins and brother use to call him because of his "fits". Don't know if you remember or not, but I've commented before on how he also had some learning disabilities when he was growing up...mainly OCD behaviors (you know over the long sleeves ;) and some ADD without the hyper activity. Anyhow, he also had a hard time learning how to ride a two wheeler...large muscle coordination is very prevelant in LD kids. He could not STAND up and ride his bikes...regardless of how many wheels they had on them! It was also an issue when it came to walking down stairs...he had to step with both feet on one stair before proceeding down to the next step...it drove my hubby nuts until we learned that it was part of his LD issues. After one big crash he took to wearing his helment and shin/elbow guards ALL THE TIME! Cause you just never knew when he might hop on his bike while he was out playing...lol When he was 8/9 he was still wearing them alot...not all the time but enough and with living in the South...he was always ringing wet with sweat wearing all that protective gear. Eventually he left them off and now he's flying planes so tell Simon that he has a very bright future. Hope this helps, fondly, Roberta

Yay, Simon!!! You'll get it, buddy!!! Keep trying and pretty soon it'll be, "like riding a bike"!!! :)

How exciting! It's a big, big step. Congrats, Simon!

Go daddy! Boys need their dads to do those guy things soooo bad. And go Simon. Try a small grassy hill. Hill helps with the gravity thing, grass helps with the crashes.

Oh, I'm teary, now! So huge for Simon, so important for his parents! Go, Simon! I love things like this. Thank you for sharing, Ali!

GO SIMON!!! I enjoyed reading this story especially since we also are slowly teaching our boy how to ride. GOOD LUCK looks like he is doing a great job!

How awesome! I especially love the rainbow of encouragement!

that is so awesome, Go Simon Go!!! :) We just taught my 10 year old how to ride his bike. We had been so busy with school work over the past few school years, we just didn't make the time. It took a few weeks of daily practice and now he's riding like a champ. I'm so proud of him (and relieved as well!)

Go Simon Go!
I love the photo with the rainbow!