Our 6-year-old got a scooter for his 6th birthday.
Mimi and Pop-pop asked what they could get him for his birthday and that little boy needed no toys to play with, but we thought something to play with outside would be a good idea. He watches his brother on his scooter and always wanted to try, but he is tiny and was engulfed by his brother’s scooter.
Amazon gave us many choices and we sent the link to Mimi who delivered an amazing scooter for said birthday.
Best gift ever. “Mimi and Pop-pop rock.” – Actual 6-year-old quote
Our little guy hopped on it immediately and started scooting. After a short time, we got up close and personal with the landscaped bricks.
Insert bandaids here.
He hopped himself up, dried his tears, and was on his way scooting again. He was really getting the hang of it, even learning how to rest both feet on the scoot part of the scooter. We took him and the scooter out in our neighborhood, going on a little walk and he crashed as he was attempting to keep up with a big brother.
Insert bandaids here.
We decided he was ready to learn how to use the back wheel to stop. He was really good at using the scooter but he needed to be able to stop so he wouldn’t crash again or so we thought. As he attempted to stop, we forgot to do so slowly and he fell again.
Insert bandaids here.
Each time our little guy fell, we made him get back on the scooter and told him not to give up. We used almost an entire box of bandaids the first week we had the scooter. Those boo-boos have healed and we now have a professional 6-year-old scooterer on our hands.
More bandaids will be needed, but for now, we are learning not to give up and scooting our way through the summer.
