The Ozmerican Life

September 16th was the Brewin's 2nd day here. I don't think arriving at 1am counts as a day and technically it really isn't.

Dirtbikes. Quaid was pumped to show off his skills. Really in my eyes...it's all abou the outfit. His little gloves, the elbow pads, the shin guards.



It really has nothing to do with the actual talent or skill. If you look the part, then you ARE the part.
Georgia had a go as well. Pretty sure she'd like to live on two wheels.

Like her shoes? Yeah, they're mine. She's 8. I'm 29.
At least they're 2 sizes too big. When you live on the beach...all you have is flip flops. Good down home farm shoes for muddin' and bikin' are just unncessary.
Look at that face!She was none too impressed that her cousins came and stole her spot on the bike.
Keira was sticking her tongue out at Georgia's back. Really she was.
Now this is where it gets intersting. Lucia is 6 and it was her first time on the bike. All was going well. Until her dear Dad...it's always the dads isn't it? told her to go ahead onto the gravel drive way, turn around, and come back down. Here she comes, looking good. That is until she hit the gravel, tried to turn, slid a bit on the gravel. Then TOTALLY PANICKED! Laid on the throttle...the full throttle...as in all the way down...as in screaming across the driveway.

At the end of our driveway is our house. She was coming up the driveway. I was sitting in our office watching the whole thing. Calmly on the outside...but in my mind. "She's a little out of control, she better turn, she better slow down......She's NOT going to turn, She's NOT going to slow down...she's GOING to hit the house....at FULL SPEED!

And then THUD, FLIP, bike up in the air...feet up in the air, upside down on her head. "How fast can we get to the ED...for SURE something is broken, misplace, wrong.

Paramedic Dad came to the rescue. Amazingly, I don't even think she got a bruise. Our house and the bike on the other hand...well that's a different story. But nothing unrepairable, like a human brain.