Today Jack asked if he could take the training wheels off of his bike. So we did.
I held onto his shirt and pushed him off, and he zoomed away without a second glance. I didn't even have to run with him.
Dave was watching from his office and came out to congratulate him. Jack is very proud. He just can't wait for the arrival of the elementary bus so he can ride his two wheeler there and surprise Maddie and Ben.
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As icing on the cake (or sprinkles on the cone), a policeman drove by us, congratulated Jack on his bicycular (I'm almost certain that's a word!) achievement, asked him if he always wears a bike helmet (of course!), and gave him a gift certificate for an ice cream cone at Dairy Queen.
Without getting too sentimental, I am looking ahead twenty years, and hoping his independence from us comes just as easily as this small show of self-sufficiency...and I'm also hoping those twenty years pass very, very slowly.
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