a couple of weeks ago, adam went fishing. he told the kids about going on a boat and catching red snapper and a king fish. so, naturally the kids wanted to go on a boat, too. somehow, he talked them into just building a boat and going to a pond to see if it would float.
and so, on a hot (HOT!) sunday evening, we built boats with the kids - you know the ones. you first fold paper into a hat then a few more folds and you have a boat. after folding a few boats, the kids painted them and then we took a drive down the street to the part of our sub-division that has the 'lake'. and we pushed the boats out into the water and watched them sit. just, sit. in the still, lifeless water. due to the still, hot air.
and so, on a hot (HOT!) sunday evening, we built boats with the kids - you know the ones. you first fold paper into a hat then a few more folds and you have a boat. after folding a few boats, the kids painted them and then we took a drive down the street to the part of our sub-division that has the 'lake'. and we pushed the boats out into the water and watched them sit. just, sit. in the still, lifeless water. due to the still, hot air.
wondering if this is a good spot to launch our boats.
jayden was thinking, i don't think this is going to work.
and grace thinking, yes it is!
grace named hers, fittingly, the S.S. Grace
jayden, not so fittingly, named his the S.S. Zach Cody
and mommy named norah's, the S.S. Norah
she's peeking at you from behind the boat
Ready,
Set,
SAIL!!S.S.Norah setting sail
it was so fun to watch the kids willing the boats to go...
i know this looks so sweet, but all i could think was - pleeeeassse don't fall in!
5 comments:
how precious! what a great memory you guys made. love, gammie
Well, I guess that's one way to get em into boating. ;-)
This is so great! But you drove to the pound... it's not that far away, Oh yeah you live in Texas :)
i laughed out loud at the SS zach cody...i don't know why. it just made me think how cute he is...what a fun family project on a hot hot day.
Don't you wish you could've just jumped in and cooled off? It just LOOKS hot...something about the filter on the pictures I guess! But it looks like fun and you guys are way more adventuresome than we!! :)
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