Gavin's new bike...

Gavin recently got a new bike, and we were very hopeful that he would transition directly from his Strider balance bike to this one, skipping the training wheels altogether. But, much to Daddy's dismay, we ended up putting the darn training wheels on after all. Gavin was feeling a little discouraged on the new bike at first, and we realized that he just hadn't had enough practice pedaling yet.
I have to say that it sort of kills Brent (and me too, a little) to see Gavin leaning way to the side on his new training wheels because he really had been balancing well on his other bike for quite some time; and it's hard not to see this as a step backwards. But he's enjoying it, and that's probably the most important part. And he's getting great exercise pedaling these days, too, so we feel good about that.