This weekend we took our first trip to Crab Island. We rented a boat with the Ramages and loaded up Saturday morning for our adventure. We'd never been before b/c I wasn't ready to deal with two kids on a boat, with one being a baby. But Sophie has proven herself to not scream "like a baby" when wearing a life jacket so I was finally ready. We had a blast and I could have spent the whole day out there. (For those of you who do not know what Crab Island is, it's an area in the bay that is very shallow and boats just gather there, drop anchor and you swim and play until your heart's content.) Here's the photos:

Christopher and William were "chillin' like a villan" (the kids phrase for the day) up at the front. These boys are trouble when you get together, but so cute at the same time. They love and fight just like brothers. I fear for their teachers if they are in the same pre-school class next year.


Matt doing what Matt does best.... being himself. The phrase for the day was, "I'm on a boat!," but it must be said like a rapper in a music video (do they still make those?) surrounded by booty-licious women with tiny bikinis and high heels dancing around. You got a visual? Yeah, Tiff and I did NOT look like that. But thanks for playing!

They have a little ice cream boat that rides around with music playing just like the ice cream truck. We had to get some. Sophie loved it. Can you tell? We were out on a boat, playing in the water. A must have. There is also a hot dog and sometimes a burger boat. And we've seen a massive blowup slide before too.

Christopher has never shown a fear of water. A good and bad thing, but last year he really learned how to swim with a life jacket on and this year he's doing even better. Now he's perfecting the dive and we are laughing our heads off b/c they always end in a belly flop, but he's never said it hurts. Hey, he looks awesome going in so does it matter how he lands? Oh, and we did not teach him this diving method. We are trying to put fear into him, but he's not understanding it. I'm just glad he's a good swimmer.

William had never jumped off of anything before yesterday and did a great job. The rest of the day he jumped off the boat like he'd done it a million times before. We were so proud of him!

Sophie jumping off the boat. She is really enjoying the water now. I had hoped it wouldn't take long, but you never know with kids. She gets very excited when she starts kicking her legs, even though she's still straight up and down in the water. Gotta start somewhere!

Happy little girl. : )

(I had to remove the rest of the story due to embarrassment of my family. Sorry!)