On A Boat...On A Lake

Thomas was over the moon this morning as we climbed aboard for his first ever boat ride. 

It is nice to have friends with connections ;)

It was beyond awesome that Grace's mom and dad invited Thomas (and the rest of us) for a day on their boat.  While we were all glad for the invite, the day couldn't have been more exciting for our 5 year old boy.

He asked "Pap" (Bryce's grandpa) a million and one questions. He wanted to know how everything worked and what this did, and how do you do that.  It went on and on and on. I would wrangle him and make him sit quietly beside me, but he just couldn't keep his curiosity quiet, He would find a way to wiggle out of the seat and back over to the helm.  Thank goodness they are champion grandparents!! (i.e. unbelievably patient and kind!)

We rode the very nice pontoon out to a small collection of islands in the lake. "Pap" pulled the boat up on a sandbar and the kids were able to walk out and swim and jump and splash.

I think we swam for an hour, maybe longer.

I was much more at ease in the water this time 1) because I wore a shirt the whole time to protect my very nasty, still painful week old sunburn 2) the water was warm & clear  and 3) I packed Thomas' life jacket.  While the jacket was necessary for THIS kid on the boat, it was also great as he could swim fearlessly.

And, my fearless little boy even jumped off the side of the boat--once. He kind of landed on his face, so he didn't repeat is exciting adventure, but he watched as Bryce did it half-a-dozen more times.

We took a break from swimming and jumping and we had some lunch.  I brought my kids food, but "Nana" (Bryce's Grandma) packed "Grandparent food." You know like chips and rolls and cookies (3 kinds!)--so the kids ate very little of what I packed. (These people are saints I tell you!)  But, they ate well. 

And, then they jumped back in for more swimming.

We stayed maybe another half hour and fed the fish the uneaten rolls and set off to explore the lake in the boat. 

What gorgeous homes! Have no idea what you have to do in life to have a house like those or own a gorgeous home, 2 boats and a few jet skis, but clearly their life rocks ;)

We rode around and hit all the "waves" we could before heading back.

Now, I told you about Nana and Pap, but I didn't mention Grace's 90 year old Grandma "Granny."  What a hoot this wonderful lady is.  She seemed to really enjoy watching the kids enjoy themselves, and maybe Thomas being...well, Thomas.

And, if you thought the spoiling couldn't get worse, Nanny insisted on sending money with Grace to stop and get all 4 kids Dairy Queen.

What a day!

Oh and we went under a bridge... ;)

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