That's my boy!

One of those memorable and proud parent moments arrived over the weekend with Elliot finally getting the whole bike thing. To be fair, after not showing any interest at all last year, Elliot himself initiated this latest push and rapid graduation. I put this progress down to two main factors:

• proficiency on and limited capabilities of his scooter
• a desire to impress a certain young lady round at #35

Impressively, Elliot actually managed 2 incident free laps round the block this evening with me acting as wingman on my trusty steed.

Molly - 9 Months

Here's a snap of Molly at 9 months. I'd like to say she's fully grown now but given her current phase, of eating anything that is not securely fastened down, I think there's a little more to go.

Generally speaking she behaves herself pretty well now, save for a little puppy exuberance which we'll excuse for now. She still wants to be friends with approximately 95% of all passers by so I'm not sure she has a career as a guard dog :-)

We recently found a great place to walk her where she can run off her leash and play with the other dogs. There's also a river at this park so she's learnt to wade/swim which is inevitably followed by a seemingly irresistible urge to roll around in the mud. Needless to say this is not a good combination of activities.