Pontooning on the River

To celebrate a successful first week of kindergarten, we spent Sunday at the river. The weather was gorgeous ~ blue skies, not too hot, and low humidity. It could not have been a more perfect day for a boat ride!

Mallory and Anna  Claire tok turns driving the boat. they kept calling Walt "Captain Daddy" {Captain Hook, Captain Jack Sparrow, Captain Barnacles, Captain Daddy...makes sense, right?}.

 

Best. Family. Day. Ever.

Happy Birthday, Great Grandmom

The day after the girls' birthday party, which was the girls' actual birthdate, we spent the day at the river celebrating Great-Grandmom's birthday!...

 ...and swimming in the river. I was a little nervous, but Anna Claire and Mallory are like little fishes ~ nothing to be {too} worried about!

 The day was beautiful and I hope we can get back down there soon!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a busy Labor Day weekend as we bid a fond farewell to summer by playing in the pool Sunday {whoops, no pictures} and a taking a boat ride on the river Monday...

Captain of the ship, Mallory, and her first mate, Anna Claire.Anna Claire takes the wheel.

Looking for porpoises ~ or dolphins ~ porpoises {what is the difference??}There were many to be seen swimming lazily along the river bank.This one surfaced right beside the boat and nearly scared us all half to death. If I had been faster with the camera, this could have been an amazing picture!One minute Anna Claire was looking for porpoises and the next she was about to fall asleep standing up. I scooped her up and she instantly feel asleep ~ and stayed asleep until we got back to the dock.

Mallory keeps watch for more porpoises while Anna Claire naps.

We're sad to see summer go, but we sure are looking forward to cooler weather. Come on, fall!

Happy, Happy,...

It was a happy birthday for Grandmom and a happy Father's Day for Walter as we spent Saturday at the river and the girls went on their very first boat ride...

Despite the pictures, they really did love it and it's too bad we had to head back to the dock early because of the rain {which is also the reason I didn't get many pictures}. We can't wait for another "cruise."

And happy Father's Day to Papa, too!