Oliver Using a Snorkel Mask

We bought Oliver a snorkel mask and snorkel a few weeks back and it's got him swimming like a fish.

When we were in Hawaii over the Holidays I got Oliver out in the ocean to see turtles and fish with his life jacket and swim goggles. I even tried to get him a mask at that time, but the whole breathing through the nose thing was weird for him.

Oliver and I checking out turtles on Kauai

So, when we got him the mask we weren't sure how it would go. Well, he took to the mask and it basically enabled him to start swimming. He could swim ok in the past just short distances, but kids his age can't breath while swimming easily and when they do they usually sink like rocks. The snorkel gave him the ability to keep his head down, breath, and keep swimming. It's very cool.

Oh I also got a new camera. I decided I wanted something that I can take in the water so I got a GoPro Hero+LCD. It does video and stills in a compact durable package. So all of the following footage was shot on the new camera.

Oliver's 4th Year

I'm finally done with Oliver's 4th year video. This one is a bit longer than the previous as we had lots of fun adventures during his 4th year.

Just a quick note the video may not play on the mobile youtube app because of copyright issues with some of the songs we used for what ever reason (probably because they can't efficiently place ads on mobile devices but have no problem on computers). But you should be able to watch it on a browser on a mobile device just fine (worked on my Android phone using Google Chrome).

Oliver's Riding a Bike

At the age of 4 and couple months our monkey started riding a pedal bike. While he's still really shakey, not good at turning and hasn't gotten the whole brake thing down yet, he aboutsolutely loves riding. Boy he's growing up to fast, but what parent hasn't said that?