Making strides on the Strider

A couple months back we bought Cole a Strider bike after seeing one of our neighbors kids (who is a year younger than Cole) cruising around on one. Sadly the Strider got a back seat to the four wheeler that arrived the same week (bad timing). But we kept on Cole to try it and slowly but surely he has warmed up to it. We took it with us to Sunriver, which was when he really seemed to "get" it as there was a nice flat street for him to ride on. Now he rides it pretty much every day and does a pretty good job of keeping up with the other kids who are riding their "big boy bikes." His latest favorite thing to do is cruise it down the hill. Notice how he is lifting his feet up and then starts running once he gets on flat ground Also notice how he is focused more on the camera than on the street ahead of him.