Alexander riding

Alexander's training wheels on his bike were almost broken so that pushed us to try and take him to do more riding again. James took him along to Headen Park again to ride on the oval while I walked up with Daniel and Eliza. As soon as we arrived, Alexander rode over to me with full confidence. James said that as soon as he got onto the grass he just did it.

 We decided to try him on the path. Alexander was a bit more hesitant but was willing to have a go.

We then went down to the play equipment to try riding around corners. This is an area where we really need to work because Alexander wasn't confident turning at all.

He didn't enjoy riding off the grass so we headed back over to the oval to do a bit more riding. He rode over to me from the fence.

Then we decided to try doing some steering. I put our AFL balls out for him to ride through (like the goals) and then he would need to turn and ride over to me. I did similar with Eliza when she was learning - having her ride through the goal posts, but today the goals were being used by other people so we made our own ones. He did alright with it but wasn't really able to turn too well.

 We moved over to where the grass was shorter so he could pedal a little bit more easily.

 He didn't like having to turn and kept asking to ride straight. We changed it to riding along the line to try and hit the ball. He came so close a few times!

And then he got it!

While steering we need to work on, I am really proud of him for having a good go at it, for trying a few times, for getting the speed up to balance and for being able to stop properly most of the time! He is getting there.