One Wheel at a Time

Well, it had to happen. Emmett has just learned how to unicycle, and he still can't ride a 2-wheeler. He turns 7 next month.

He was hoping to master his unicycle before racing day here in Memphis, and recently he'd gotten close, riding two or three revs on his own. But today, practicing in the gym where the convention holds many of its indoor games and competitions, he suddenly managed rides of 5- to 7-revolutions! He was as thrilled as a kid who gets a unicycle for Xmas.

Now if we can just teach him to ride his bike....

And his big sister was the same way. She mastered uni'ing a week before her 8th birthday, and it wasn't till a few months later that she could ride a bike.