Above – Mates

Two weeks ago we were fortunate to have been invited (by the kids) to go for an evening ride on the Bahia Bell. Well, as it turns out, there are two paddle boats that are used alternately for short tours from the Bahia Resort to the Catamaran Hotel. The night we took our 90 minute cruise the William D. Evans was the boat on duty.

There are 4 staircases on the boat, one at each corner. I spent much of the first 60 minutes of the 90 minute trip following Maya and Sparty up one side, down the other and chris-crossing back and forth on the three tiered boat. 

On the middle deck there’s a beautiful stained glass ceiling. 

There was a beautiful sunset.

At the end, this little one was very tired … 

But we all survived, and for the most part had a great time.

I finished a good book I highly recommend – The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. This mystery takes the reader from 2005, to the early 1900’s, to 1975 throughout the book. I’m usually pretty good at guessing what happens but this one kept me guessing until the end.

Sorry, busy days keeping me from blogging but I’m back!

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Above – There’s never a shortage.

I haven’t shared many selfies lately, so I went through my recent photos and pulled these up. The first one with Maya was taken on Father’s Day on the Seal boat while on land.

I took this one last weekend at the OB Street Fair. Don’t mind the owie on Sparty’s bottom lip. It was a minor incident that occurred while he was on a fun outing with Rachel (nanny). It healed up nicely.

I took this little gem Wednesday in the parking lot before music class. Even my silly singing and looking for big trucks, tractor trailers, motorcycles and the like couldn’t keep him awake in the car. I was even reaching into the back seat, tugging on his legs and feet and he still wouldn’t budge. Robb and Akuch arrived late last night. I head them sneak in but I haven’t seen them yet. I’m off to an early start this morning to a cat scan appointment with Mom so it may not be until later this morning or afternoon before I get to see them.

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Above – The walk home wasn’t a “walk” for these two tired kids. Ron got his workout for the day.

I ran into my good friend and student, Maribeth, with her OBYoga water bottle.And we saw Kiss (cover band).But most importantly the kids rode the ZipLine. They’re fearless. Sparty amazed me that at 2 years old he climbed right up that ladder and allowed somebody he didn’t know to strap him in, and down he went. Twice. I didn’t see any other kids anywhere near his age doing this. In fact, Maya was probably the next youngest.

They loved it!

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Above – Baker Electric workers began working on the new solar equipment at our house yesterday. The roof workers didn’t stay long after they discovered two hornet nests. Yikes! Now we’re waiting on pest control.

More Father’s Day fun.

Dancing to live music at Liberty Station.The music was worthy of a clap!In jail.You’d think it was Kid’s Day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPPA – 63 today!

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… ok, maybe it was only an hour, and it was the bay not the sea, but it was awesome!

After Ron picked the kids up for Father’s Day, we fed them breakfast, cleaned them up, got their hair brushed and off we went on a “Sea & Land Adventure” on one of those bus/boats called the “Seal” you may have seen traveling about on Harbor Drive. We’ve never been on the tour, and I can’t believe we waited so long. On probably the hottest day of the year, we got a cool breeze coming off the bay and took a tour to the southeast of Shelter Island which included a “drive by” of the bait barge where there were tons of sea lions basking in the sun and frolicking in the bay. Sparty, as you can see from the photo above, slept through half the trip, but he woke up just after the turn around so he got to see the sea lions. The bait barge was a hit. Pappa made it until about 10 minutes to the boat ramp before he started feeling a little sick. Luckily for everyone on board, we made it back on land without incident!

With these two beautiful kids by his side, Ron couldn’t have had a happier Father’s Day.

Father’s Day Dinner … “Tomahawks” (something typical Bruce would get at Costco).

Classic …Don’t worry, we also had a good salad and bbq’d salmon.

The only thing missing was Great Grandma. Yesterday wasn’t a particularly good day for her, but I brought her a hot plate, enough for two meals, which included a slice of cheesecake. I don’t recall her ever turning down an outing at our house for a good meal. Although she was missed, we had a nice time and both Bruce and Ron had a good Father’s Day. The kids were great and the day turned out perfect.

I have lots of other photos to share in the coming days.

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Last Sunday Ron spent the day with Sparty at urgent care (he was up all night with all those icky things related to bad stomach ache). Poor little guy … But he’s feeling much better now.

Meanwhile, Maya was unaffected by it all – she and I walked to the park, stopped for some photo shoots on the tractors along the way, and spent much of the day playing in the yard. We even had a picnic lunch with Pappa. 

Ziggy and Hogan got in on the action too.

Mom got home from the hospital yesterday and is doing well. Time will tell what will happen with her eyesight, but there’s already been a great deal of improvement. For now no driving until doctor’s permission. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes. She’s got her phone and is accepting calls!

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Above – Lunch is packed & he’s ready to go.

After music class we picked up Sissy & were on our way.

A little high beam action.

… & low beam too. Not a problem!

Here’s a small medley of beam and trampoline. 

This boy’s a natural! He got the idea of jumping during free time – lots of trampolining.

Sticker and tattoo time.

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