Riley and Emma can both ride their bikes without the assistance of training wheels anymore!
They’re quick learners too; Emma picked it up after about 15 minutes on Monday afternoon, and Riley got it even faster this afternoon. Maybe if the whole programming thing ever falls through, I’ll go into a career teaching kids to ride bikes. 
Anyway, they’re both really into it now, and ask to go every chance they can get. After learning on Monday, Emma wanted to go for a ride yesterday, so last night I went with her down the walking/bike path that goes along the river edge near our house, until she was tired of riding.
I think Emma being so into it got Riley wanting to do it too, because today he had me dust off his old bike and try it out. He was actually getting frustrated with the training wheels (which were all bent up anyway), and so Martha took them off and he started trying without them. Martha came in and swapped places with me (she finished getting dinner ready while I went out to try and help Riley), and he got it in no time.
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That’s great. I’ll send Hayley and Tanner on over for lessons
I remember the day levi finally figured out the no training wheel thing…it was a huge competition/frutration…because one of the cousins just learned…so he was outside for the whole afternoon going up and down the alley….now he’s gotten to fast to run with….where’s the video?
Yeah, I’ll have to tape them and put a youtube video up, although I missed the wobbly parts - they’re pretty much pros now.
The running part of the teaching is definitely a good workout.
Emma was a little easier as far as that goes since she went pretty slow until she really got the hang of it, whereas Riley pretty much took off at full speed. My shirt was soaked after I was done with him.