gettin' around on 2 wheels

Back in March, I took the boys to Nathan's school with the intention of Nathan learning how to ride his bike. He's very cautious, so he wasn't taking any risks and resistant to learning.  He wanted to just play basketball, but I basically said he HAD to practice riding his bike (thinking in my mind that we weren't leaving until he figured it out).  Jared had already learned how to ride without training wheels and was zipping around in circles around Nathan.  Nathan couldn't get up the courage to get going on his bike, but after trying on Jared's little bike, he finally figured it out (we really just hadn't taken the time to help him learn).  Once he got going, there was no stopping him.  What freedom!