Bike riding and swimming

Last year for Mariahs birthday she got a bike, but she cared to really ride it except around the house and only when someone else wanted to ride it. But the last month or so shes been really practicing and doing really good. Yesterday and today I went on a walk around the block and she rode her bike and kept up with me pretty well concidering I'm a fast walker (Jed can barely keep up with me). Shes so cute, while shes riding she talks to herself like: "gotta pedal faster gotta pedal faster, come on feet go go go," and "almost there". Shes so funny she can have full conversations with herself :)
Today we went swimming and it felt so good! I almost forgot how nice and relaxing you feel afterwards. Mariah had a blast, she kept jumping into me and wanting to swim, so I'd hold her out to my side so she could doggy paddle. After a few times of her jumping in and swimming to the middle of the pool and back I decided to let go when we got to the edge, she was close enough she just had to kick a little to move her close enough to pull herself onto the shallow ledge. She had her floaties and some noodles to help hold her up but I made a big deal about how shes such a big girl that she swam by herself. She was so proud of herself!! It was a fun day :)
Oh ya and she is doing an amazing job with her letters. I got her a dry erase alphabet book, it helps you trace letters, numbers, shapes, pictures, she loves it! she stays on the like really good, and she knows most of the letters right off the top of her head! She even surprises me with knowing a few of her numbers. I havent worked on recognizing numbers yet with her, but the other day she pointed to 4 and asked me if that was the number 4, I told her yes and asked her how she knew that and she says "I taught myself" I asked her if Shawna or Karli or anybody else taught her and she said "ya, me" :) I'm so proud of my little girl!! She knows so many things that I didn't even teach her, that she learned from observing things. Even though she can be a little pill at times and can frustrate me to no end, ;) She is my princess and I love her more than I can say!!!