*two wheeler*

Liam received a new bike for Christmas and asked multiple times to have the training wheels taken off. We procrastinated quite a while (poor thing) and a couple weeks after moving in to our new digs he decided that it had been long enough. It was time.

We have a ginormous driveway and a parking strip that runs from the street to the end of our lot in the backyard. A perfect place to start the learning process.

All of my boys have this crazy idea that the minute they try something, they should be an expert. I don't think Liam was expecting that learning how to ride a bike would be such a challenge. He would try it for a while and get frustrated and storm off. Like every two or three minutes.

The poor guy just wouldn't pedal after Justin let go of his bike and would put his feet down fast so he wouldn't fall. We would tell him over and over that he just needed to keep going but our stubborn little guy wouldn't listen to us.

I think this is the only true genuine smile for any of these early pictures.


Almost running into the wall.


Frustration face.




I love that we finally have a yard to call our own that the boys can play and run around in. We haven't had a light saber war in years. So fun.


Did I mention that we live next to the nicest lady who raised seven boys? She is heaven sent and understands the rough and tumble and the testosterone. She told Justin once that she sometimes sits on her back porch and listens to our boys play. How sweet is that?


Fake happy face.




And....we're done for the night.


The next evening, Liam wanted to try again. Justin took him out to get going and started talking to one of the neighbors. Liam got bored waiting for him and guess what he figured out?






Now this is a genuine smile!


Great job buddy!