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May 20, 2011

Sean learns to ride

Santa brought Sean a bike for Christmas, and at the time we had no intention of leaving the training wheels on, but his little legs would not reach the ground, so we left them on.  Last night, we took them off, and he did great!  After every stop, or fall, he would pull himself up with a huge grin, jump up and down, and run and jump into our arms.....EVERY time!  Needless to say, he was very excited, and soaked up all of the attention.  He is still learning to steer the bike with his wheels, and not his body (a bad habit picked up from having training wheels to prevent tipping).
Here is a video of his final run/crash of the evening.  It was his biggest crash, but once again, he got up smiling....until Josh announced, "Hey Sean, you have blood"  (a small scrape on his elbow) and then the sobbing started.  The whole thing was precious!  Unfortunately, when taking video of that episode, I stopped filming before the smile, and attention to blood, so all I have is the ride & crash, and then the sobs!
P.S. Josh made a better video of multiple rides.  The final crash and sobs are at the end.



Sean, we are so proud of you...you brave and sweaty boy!

May 5, 2011

Photos-February/March


We are at the beach, again!

Digging is hard work, notice the drool!

Sean has a love-hate relationship with the ocean.   It isn't too often he ventures into the water.   Here is our brave boy jumping the waves in about 2 inches of water!


Will is pretty proud of his belly button
 In March, we drove to Pensacola with some friends to go to the Renaissance Festival.  It wasn't quite what we were expecting, but we still had a great time.  I had no idea the level of devotion some people have to this time period- it was pretty clear that there are some real die-hards!  The boys begged us to buy them real swords, but we bought them a ride on an elephant instead.



 We are fishing, again!  (Turtle Peak)




Dad and Sylvia's visit in March



Sean hitching a ride from Papa