Ikey's triathlon

Ikey told me he is going to do a triathlon today. We started out at swimming lessons where he is committed to swimming by himself so he can jump off the diving rocks at Emily's super fun pool. Today was the first time he jumped off the edge and went to the side by himself.

http://youtu.be/HUh5fxMeY68

After a really slow transition that included jumping on a trampoline and changing all of his clothes, he rode his Skuut (wooden bike with no pedals) between Emily's house and ours. This was his first time ever riding a bike outside of our yard. It was scary for me and it took a long time, but Jovie was a patient little one in the bike trailer and Ikey cheered and cheered when he made it to the "finish line".  

The final event was running through the sprinklers with Jovie. It was a very successful triathlon day for the little guy.

Then, we saw a snake by the sportcourt and I screamed and the kids came to see it. Ikey ran really fast when it seemed like it was chasing him. This was the biggest snake I've seen in the yard, probably a foot a half long. The video is shaky because kids were crawling on me and I was a little too close to this snake for comfort. Ikey is the one screaming in the background.