He learned how to ride his bike without training wheels. This was such an epic moment and something that I hope to remember forever. We have been in the process of riding without training wheels for awhile. As always it has been a fine balance between encouraging but not putting too much pressure on the guy. We have moved his training wheels higher, encouraged the use of a Russell-made strider, and lots of stickers offered as incentives. Finally, the other day he was ready. It was great-I went out with him and the family followed. Luckily we have a great backyard (aka park) that has awesome huge sidewalks that are perfect for riding your bike. Within minutes AJ got it and took off, like legit took off and flew! He started screaming, "I'm doinggggg it!!!!!!!!!!!!" and had biked faster than I could run, and then went straight into the grass and crashed. So there he was, crying and smiling, and then all of us converged on him and YELLED our congratulations because "HE WAS DOINGGGGGG IT!!!!!!!!!" This caused AJ to be cry-laugh, which then made us adult people cry-laugh because this was indeed an amazing, epic moment in AJ's life. And with awesome AJ style, he got up on his bike and did it some more and really started getting the hang of his bike! So cool.
We spent a day last week having an AJ and Momma day, which was so darn fun. AJ started the day receiving his certificate that said he passed his Alligator class and was moving onto Seal. After 3 attempts he finally got his roller over (where he goes from his front float to his back float unassisted) to pass! He has really gotten into swim classes and will continue on this Fall. Then we headed up to Estes Park to do a 3.6 mile hike. This was the hike that he needed to do, without any assistance, so that we would buy him his own Camelbak (aka water holder backpack thingy). The hike is decent for sure, and AJ definitely had his share of "how long is this hike going to take?" every 5 minutes on the way up. And this happened to take 2 hours, so that was a lot of "HOW LONG MOM???" But he did it! And he was sure proud when he saw the sign that said, GEM LAKE! On the way down he halved his time, and seriously went so fast in parts that he kicked my butt. It made my Colorado hiking Momma self PROUD. Heck yes my kids will like hiking, I hope. So he made it down and the next day we purchased his Camelbak. 
AJ has been a bit of a trip this summer. Clearly he is into accomplishing things. His vocab is through the roof sometimes. He can be insanely helpful cooking in the kitchen, doing things in our garden, assisting with his younger siblings, cleaning up, using teamwork to accomplish tasks, cuddling, and learning new technology. He also can be a bit challenging because he just LOVES bugging his little siblings too. This always verifies for me that he is most definitely ready for Kindergarten. He tells everyone that he is so excited! I'm 80% excited, and 20% nervous as hell. I know he will do well. And I know there will be challenges in things that I haven't even predicted. 
I just love this guy. Our first born who has been such a trooper. His smile and laugh is SERIOUSLY contagious. His eyes are so big and tell a story. His imagination, especially with legos, in so cool. He has huge desires to help his Dad out doing projects around the house. He loves to cuddle and say sweet things to me at night. He is just a legit well rounded kid.
Good luck #1. You will rock this school-thing!
Momma
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