Friday, July 2, 2010

15-16/70

Days 15 and 16 of our 2010 summer vacation...

Yesterday (Thursday) was Elijah's last day at daycare for a couple of weeks- Tammy is on vacation next week and then we'll be in Maine. I took advantage of some free time to get a little shopping done and then spent the day with my old friend Jeanne, who I met in grad school. She is an English teacher at CVU and lives in Burlington with her husband and their truly nuts chocolate lab.

Today was our last solo day before Ed returned home from deer camp. We planned to spend the day at David and Gene Adams' camp on Fairfield Pond, with Kim and little Gabe Adams. Here's the proud Momma and the most adorable little 11-month-old I've ever met!It was a nice day to sit at the water's edge
Gabe was sad to see us leave...Elijah was trying to console him. When we got home, we had to check in on our newest additions, the 3 baby Robins that just hatched above our barn.When Ed got home, he and Elijah worked to put the training wheels on Elijah's new bike- a present from Auntie Heather!
We practiced pedaling around the driveway, getting the hang of bike mechanics.I was definitely more nervous than Elijah...
And he was off!

Amazing how they go from helpless little babies to riding a bike in the flash of an eye! I'll just post this old photograph for posterity's sake- I truly don;t even remember when he will this little butterball!

3 comments:

W,C,H said...

Gabe is a cutie.

I need to find Heather a little bike that size. I think she's going to learn to ride before Cole does. Elijah looks like he knows what he's doing.

Sam, Jr said...

I can't believe how quickly Elijah learned to ride his bike! I am truly amazed!

Kim's little baby, Gabe, is adorable!

Sam, Jr said...

I'm so glad you found Mo Mo! What a story! And to think that it was Martha who spotted it and stuck it on top of a mailbox!

So glad that you were able to be in water this hot fourth!