Can't hurt to try

Can you remember how you felt when you had your first child? You dote on them and think they are the most wonderful baby in the whole world. You look into those sweet little eyes and think there is not anything they won't be able to do. You just know they will crawl, walk, talk sooner than all the other babies their age.

This is I felt about TJ when he first came into our lives.

He was full of surprises. He climbed out of his crib and then slid down the stairs into our room when he was 6 months old. NO LIE! He walked right before he turned 9 months old. He successfully crossed Cochran St (4 lanes) at 18 months old, and then crossed LA Ave (4 lanes again) at 2 yrs old. Oh did I mention not with an adult. Yes we thought we were watching him, but seriously he was just one of those kids who could get out of anything. He picked up skateboarding at 5 years old and was not afraid to try any trick. He also loved jumping his bike at 5 or 6. Well things haven't changed in the last 10 years. He still likes skateboarding but his true love right now is bikes. He spends all his free time building jumps for his bike. He tells us his future goal is to own a bike store. Ü (that's me trying to be excited about this ambitious dream). Yes he is only 15 years old and dreams do change. I know he will do great at whatever he decides to do. When it is something he enjoys he puts his whole heart into it. Boy do I wish he enjoyed school. Well Thayne wanted to introduce him to something else that he thought would interest TJ's outgoing personality. So today Thayne took TJ to get his first flying lesson.

TJ was nervous but excited to give it a try. Thayne thought that if he liked it then we would sign him up for flying school and Thayne had him getting his license before he graduated HS. Great plan. Right?

They let him fly the plane all by himself. Sounds crazy to me but they let him. Thayne sat in the back taking pictures. I'm so glad he was able to get these shots for me. They did some fun maneuvers which one made both TJ and Thayne nauseous.

This was a great test for TJ to see if he liked it and I was a little sad to hear that he is not very interested in pursuing it. He thought it was a fun one time experience but does not think it is something he would like to do. Oh well. At least he tried. Now what can we think of next? Maybe if we let him jump out of the plane he would have liked it more.