Another "first" goes by in the blink of an eye...

Sometimes I just like to use this blog to mark those special moments in life. So that if our house, or worse still, our computer (shudders!) blows up and all of our photos are lost, then at least those images are safe here in the blogosphere. Today held one of those moments. Elliott's first bike....

Today was beautiful. Warm, sunny, not a cloud in the sky, and one very excited Little Tornado impatient to try out his new bike. Our home town is on an estuary and the pedestrian area that stretches the length of the sea wall was a perfect spot for a stroll and for Elliott to try out his cycling legs. He was away quicker than I could shout after him "mind that lady with the dog!!" Pedalling furiously and grinning from ear to ear. Not a fear or a care in this world. I love moments like these. I try to be alert to them as they can pass us by without us even noticing. In the blink of an eye.  I'm mindful to stop for a moment and let the camera shutter in my brain click off a few mental snapshots and hope very hard that they'll lodge there forever. Because one day in the not too distant future, that will be a car he's driving away from me in. And when he finally does leave and I don't see him every day, I don't ever want to sit there and wonder why I hadn't paused to soak up as many of these precious moments as possible while I had the chance....