Wow!  I can't believe how often I don't come in here and visit the site.  I guess we have had a few too many computer problems for me to even think about it.  Anyway a few weeks ago we went to a friends birthday party.  The kids were all playing together and the adults hanging out around the bomfire.  Lovely!!  I went to look for my eldest son (5) who had walked away from the other children when sparklers were bought out. (he doesn't like them).  I walk around the corner and there he is riding his friends 2 wheel bike.  He's hardly ever been on a bike before as we don't have a lot of room where we live.  I couldn't believe it.    We had just bought him a bike so off came the training wheels.  Within 2 weeks my 4 year old son also had his training wheels removed.  He is still a bit shaky but no worries.  It makes me wonder why we do training wheels at all, I swear with boys this sort of thing must come naturally.  I get this comment from my 4 year old if he does ever come off his bike (or anything else for that matter) "I'm OK" and he's off again.  Amazing!!