I'm taking off my training wheels

 It started out with three wheels...

Then it went to 4...

Just to get to 2...

We decided it was time to take the training wheels off of Riley's bike.  So, on the 4th of July off came the training wheels and Jeremy worked with Riley in the yard on the grass the idea of what it feels like to ride a bike without training wheels.  The grass idea was great for falls.  Riley fell quite a bit in the beginning, but because of the grass, no tears.  The downfall to learning in the grass was that the bike was a little more difficult to maneuver. 

After many attempts in the grass - I pushed the envelop and decided that we would just head out onto the road...as Jeremy says - high risk, high reward!  She did it!!!  Initially the balance wasn't the hard part it was stopping!!!  But by the time it was time to head in for the night, Riley had gotten it.  She could ride, turn and brake.

All in a matter of hours, our 5 1/2 year old went from training wheels to 2 wheels...I hope it's this easy to teach her how to drive!!!