Look Ma! No training wheels!

I'm not sure how I let this one slip past, but Olivia is riding a bike! Without training wheels! It happened the same w'end as her first swim meet (See here) and with that huge victory under our belts I guess was in success overload.
Apparently she was still flying high from Saturday's swimming success when on Sunday she requested to go bike riding... and when Don took the training wheels off, she just did it. Just like that. Like she'd been doing it forever. For a kid who has never had a fear of deep water, or the high dive, or swimming waaaaay out in the ocean ever since she was one year old... riding a bike paralyzed her. So this was a big deal.
That was one full weekend and I do recall sleeping very well Sunday night.We also went to an art festival that morning hence the lovely face painting. Go La-La Go...


Grant on his way...

Happy Easter 2009

Happy Easter a month late! Not bad considering I was 4 months late to wish Happy New Year...

The McMullens and Mimi and Popka visited us for Easter again this year. It was a short visit, but jam packed. We visited St Augustine to sightsee and beach it. We got to Fort Matanzas just in time for the canon demonstration...Grant is still not a fan of loud noises...Hanging out... Sadly, this is the best shot I could get of kids who just finished a long drive and were antsy to explore and get to the beach.Egg Coloring and HuntingScore! another one...
Thanks to Popka and his 120 candy filled eggs - we are still eating chocolates and finding shiny, colorful foiled wrappers around the house!Kinda blurry but I couldn't resist posting a pic of the pretty dress Mimi gave Olivia...The McMullens had yet to explore Paynes Prairie with us, so that was a must. The Gators made a grand appearance for them that day.We even had a big guy swim right by for a nice closeup view.


And we saw Bison for the first time ever - not the best zoomed in shot but they are there, trust me. Those McMullens are good luck.Nature Boy Nathan found a skink for everyone to molest before letting him go again...We also saw an armadillo rooting around in the woods and he might have been the favorite sighting... which is completely understandable if you've never seen an armadillo (See: Armadillo Attack)