My BoBo is growing up overnight!!!

For most things Riley has been advanced; you know doing things earlier than the other kids did. It seems the more children you have the faster they grow up, I guess it's because they are trying to keep up with their older siblings and with the 4 year gap between Connor & Riley he has to work harder to keep up than the other kids did with only a 2 year difference.

This has not been the case for a few things ~
Since our pool has been open we have been trying every possible trick to get Riley to get out of his tube. He swims with a swimming ring around his waist and just refuses to go in with arm floaties or a life jacket or anything but the ring. This was the case still on July 2nd. Then on July 3rd I asked him if he would try floaties just one time and if he hated them he could go back to the ring. You can imagine my surprise when he said "YES"!

He put on his floaties and a daredevil was born. He wore the floaties for about a day and then ditched them too and was just swimming around the pool with NOTHING!!!

This was the same situation with his bike. Riley has been learning how to ride a 2-wheeler since last fall, but every time he tries he gets clearly upset & frustrated.

All summer Riley has been running or riding his scooter trying hard to keep up with the boys in the neighborhood not complaining and not willing to try riding his bike. Yesterday, Connor & Riley went to their friend's house for the afternoon. When we arrived the kids were riding what they call the "midget bike" because it is so small. It's a beginner bike that they took the training wheels. It's funny to watch the kids ride it; especially the bigger kids as they look like the clowns at the circus ;) I mentioned to the mother that Riley could not ride his bike and our thinking was maybe just maybe with this bike he could learn. It's short enough that he can reach the ground comfortably so maybe if we left them all alone he may just do it.

I came back a few hours later and the mom was waiting outside for me and started waving and pointing...I saw a child on a bike in the road (they live on a cul de sac). At first I thought she just wanted to be sure I saw the child so I would not hit him. Imagine my surprise when I realize that kid was RILEY!!! He was so excited and didn't want to leave. They let us borrow the bike for the weekend thinking maybe he would try his bike if he had this one there to go back to if it didn't work out. But it did....now we can't keep him off his bike.
It's amazing how quickly things can change literally overnight!! It's sure is true when people say just wait when it's time it will just happen!