Keeping Up

One of Stephen's birthday gifts was a discovery flight from his big sister, Mercedes Ciel Nicole, known as Berstecher to her Navy SeaBees.   This gift definitely made the EPIC list and will be next to impossible to top. Not that I'm competitive.   Oh, wait, how silly of me to forget- I AM! When we arrived, child and camera both charged up, we were told that the pilot taking Stephen up would spend fifteen minutes preparing Stephen before the flight.   We let Stephen know that if he wanted to be allowed to fly the plane, he would have to focus on the pilot's instructions- no bouncing around the room, no jokes about what he was told.   Basically, the 'If you're having fun, you aren't doing it right' speech. He was all prepped for a boring fifteen minutes of holding still when the pilot came out.   He said hello in the most authentic Australian accent, then he walked Stephen over to the plane.   "Okay," I told Eric, "I guess