Pirate Cruise

We made it to the Pirate Cruise today!! YEAH!!For some reason, Ethan was super nervous. He bit his finger nails and followed Lincoln around.
Lincoln was in his element. When they found the map, Lincoln got right into the middle of the action.
Squirt was the head pirate hunter. Lincoln decided he should be the head pirate hunter. By the middle of the cruise, Lincoln was telling her what to do.
Here the kiddos were looking for Pirate Pete.
Once they found Pete, the cannons started up and the kids sprayed "him" down.
Lincoln LOVED this part!!!! He keeps asking to go back just to shoot Pete again.
The Captain had the kids fall to the deck and do some pushups. Ethan has pretty good form.
Once they found the X, they pulled the treasure in.Squirt also helped the kids find some Pirate Grog. It was basically red soda. My kids do not enjoy soda. They say it's too hot. Lincoln drank his entire cup, but after each sip he made this face!
The grown-ups had a good time as well. It was our hottest day, so we were glad we went to the 9:30 cruise. It was HOT!!!

Alternate plan

We were supposed to make it to the Pirate Cruise yesterday. We got everyone ready and started on our way when we received a phone call from the cruise company letting us know that a huge storm was heading in. So, we decided to tour the local aquarium instead. I made a point of NOT telling the boys about the cruise ahead of time in case something like this happened. The aquarium was great. The boys loved looking at all the fish and turtles.
We only had a couple close calls with the sharks.
Our boys made sure that they pushed their way to the front! They wanted a good look at all the fish.
We only had to cage E up one time!

When we asked everyone who had a great time, Ethan raised his hand HIGH!!!

Day Tuesday of Vacation

I am not putting the # day of vacation anymore. It makes me sad to think we are coming close to the end of vacation.
We have gotten into quite the routine! We get up, eat breakfast, and then hit the beach. We play until lunch time. After lunch, we jump into the pool until naps! It has worked quite well for us!Lincoln loves the sand at the beach. He is in his element creating his own imaginary world. Here he is making a train.
He loves the pool, too! He wants Daddy to chase him all around.
Surprisingly, Ethan LOVES jumping in the pool He is doing really well swimming around. Today, we took his floaties off and let him try to swim.
He likes the beach, but "it makes him too sandy!" We are having a blast!!! Tomorrow, (if the weather holds out) is our big Pirate Cruise! I haven't told the boys, yet! But, Nate and I are sooo excited!

Vacation part 3

You gotta love the self-timer! We went out to dinner tonight, bought some t-shirts, and bought way too much fudge! I mean WAY too much fudge!
The beach was so nice this morning. The weather was perfect!
I got too much sun yesterday, so I had the umbrella out today!
I also guilted Nate into actually taking photo of me with the children.

I made sure I got some of him as well!

Vacation Water Day!

We hit the beach early today! Everyone got a little reading in.
Ethan and Aaron LOVED the water!
Lincoln was all about the sand.
Our beach house has a pool in the back yard. While the fellas napped (ALL the fellas), Jenn and I lounged around the pool. So after dinner, the boys wanted their chance to play in the pool.
Ethan and Lincoln are having such a good time with Aaron!!