Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Nicholas coloring

Nicholas' vision therapist has started to introduce crayons to Nicholas. She is working on Nicholas being able to grasp items and see what he can do when holding them. Below is a short video of Nicholas in his stander, holding a crayon while his therapists helps him to color. He really loved it and actually visually focused on the light and colors. She uses a light box to help bring out the colors for Nicholas.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Fun, Food, Friends and......FLYING!

A friend of ours recently bought and learned how to fly a Ultralight Trike. Steve, being the adrenaline junky, has begged Todd to take him up. I, on the other hand, being the land lover was hesitant about the "plane thingy"
So Saturday Todd invited us and other friends over to the airport for a picnic, flying time and birthday celebration (it was Cheryl's birthday) On the drive over there, Steve and Megan were rushing me to "hurry up". Little Stephen and I (Stephen is a land lover like his mommy) were still pondering if we would do the Trike.
We get there and I see the Trike. NO WAY! No way was I going to go up in that!!! Below is a picture of it. Megan posing...She couldn't wait to go flying.

Cheryl got the honor of smashing a cupcake in Anna's face. Happy Birthday Cheryl!!!

Megan got smashed as well :)

Anna, the other dare devil, going up with Todd.

Brandon and Steve flying up on the other plane.

There's my daughter. No fear Megan getting buckled up to fly.


There goes Chris.

Anna and Megan going up on the other plane....alone! These two girls have more courage (not so sure that courage is the right word) than I will EVER have (they get it from the daddies!)
Alright....yes, that would be me! I came up with every excuse in the book as to why I should NOT go up. None of them worked. People...I don't even do roller coasters anymore due to the fear of the coaster flying off the rails! But Todd was the pilot and I trusted him so what better time to do it than now. A once in a life time opportunity.
I had a BLAST!!! It was the coolest experience ever. I can't describe how beautiful it was to be up there. Megan's first comment to me after she got down was "Mommy it was BEAUTIFUL up there...WOW" That is from an eight year old.

The video below shows Todd and I taking off. Glad for the video because I missed that due to my eyes being squeezed shut! At the end, Steve forgot to push the stop button so you hear Megan's shock and laughter when she found out that I really went up.

Thank you Todd and Cheryl for giving us that day, that gift. We had the best time ever and will never forget it. Oh...and yes, I am ready to do it again!!!! Bring it on baby!