BMX Day!

The kids got to practice their bike riding today at the Southside BMX Club! The BMX track had quite a few kids already there- from Joey's age through late teens - some were really good riders, easily clearing triples and fun to watch. Thankfully, they all slowed down around the little guys on the track.

Joey started straight away without any help. He peddled his way right up the first jump and didn't stop until we told him it was time to go. Well, except for when his front wheel slid out from underneath him and down he went... The track was a pretty big for a 4 and 6 year old - the jumps were taller than them.

Ryan needed some confidence building. Hey, he just came off trainers about 7 months ago and had the smallest bike on the track. The "regulars" didn't think Ryan could make it at all, but he proved them wrong. He was determined. He had no issues with pride in taking some help from Daddy getting some pushes up the steep hills, but after about 4-5 tries, he was able to make it around the whole track mostly on his own. Yeah Ryan!!!

Joey was having a blast. He even got up enough courage to start getting some air off of one of the whoops.

Ryan had managed to figure out if he peddled hard enough, he could make it around the track with a Daddy push for only three of the steepest hills. This was good, because I was getting pretty tired running around the track with him.

I got to take a few laps on my mountain bike and was duly impressed by my little guys when I saw just how big the jumps and valleys were. They must have seemed REALLY big for Ryan and Joey.

We will definitely be back to the BMX track for more laps. And, we might just become a BMX family next spring.

Ryan and Joey impressed the locals for their first time out and Joey has the scars to prove it!