James can ride his bike now (without training wheels)!

James had been riding his bike with training wheels on since maybe last fall. He was always pretty cautious, and had refused to ride for several weeks after a fall.

Then earlier this year he insisted to have the training wheels taken off. Crouching over and holding his bike while he was "riding" was not fun. My poor back ached after each of his training sessions. So it was a  pleasant surprise when he suddenly got a bang of it about two weeks ago. Yeah! He is enjoying his newly acquired freedom of riding independently, and mom is relieved that she is not no longer needed--as a biking coach.