Milestone: Biking to School

As I wrote before, being able to bike is quite the milestone in the Netherlands. Well, Tobias reached that one a while back. Yet, he did nog bike to school on his own bike yet. He kept telling me he would start doing that when he is five... This picture is not Tobias on his way to school, but he did bike to school for the first time last Thursday. He didn't pick the best day to start, because is was pouring down with rain and by the time we got there he was soaking wet, but we made is nonetheless. Tobias was soooooo proud.

It took Tobias quite some serious training to reach this point. A week or two ago two friends came over to play. They suggested they'd ride their bikes. Tobias was not quite as well trained yet and he could not keep up. That night he practised until dinnertime. He was biking up and down the alleyway behind our house in the dark! He did that for almost two weeks and I guess by that time he figured he was ready for the real biking-world: Biking to school.

I have to admit I am quite proud too (but terrified at the same time....).


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