Yesterday was a day of firsts for Dane: he finally successfully tied and double-knotted his shoes several times and he successfully rode his bike without training wheels for several periods of a few minutes. Why has it taken so long to get those things accomplished? you may ask. Well, something finally clicked with the shoe-tying efforts, and let's just say I finally looked for and found the right tools to take the trainers off. They were up off the ground at a ridiculous angle prior to that. I kept thinking Mick would get around to the wheels on a mini-break, but the project got sidelined with wall anchors for the bookcase and a visit to the Bay Model. (Yes, Uncle Rod, those are still sidelined--but at least we're a little bit closer now, right? Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Yeah, I'll probably have to search for the drill and stud-finder and get out a stool...)

Today Mick submitted a twelve tooth case presentation. Now he has a Physio test on Friday and then he heads into Finals next week. Six more days of school before we're FINISHED WITH THE FIRST YEAR!!! But who's counting?