Esther often tells me I am too soapy. But I cant’ help it. Some months ago, we tried to teach Jean-Baptiste to ride his bike without stabilisers, with little success. Today, he decided he wanted to try, so he took one of them off, and I helped with the other one. And off he went. I was rather sceptical, but I saw him climb on his bike, and he was gone, no stabilisers. By the end of the afternoon, he was quite confident. I was gobsmacked. These kids will always amaze me.