Ship of Fools

Last weekend Brian took the girls, our friends Doug and Zelig, and me sailing on a 22-ft sailboat. It was a gorgeous spring day and a fine idea. Although, sometimes we set out on more adventurous agendas than we should with two small children...

Don't worry, no one fell overboard. Although Sydney came close several times while searching for fish.

In fact, you never would've guessed from this--our first photo on the sailboat--that initially we couldn't get Sydney on board! It started with donning the life jacket, but then the unstable rocking of the boat freaked her out. After a major hissy fit, and only when Brian left the dock to help me carry some things, Doug and Zelig were able to coerce her onto the sailboat for the duration.

Once we got settled at sea, I set out the take-out lunch I had not-so-easily purchased off base with two children in tow. Brian made fun of me and called it a "seven course meal," since there were several containers. But in actuality, for the adults there were two sandwich wraps cut in four small pieces each and a bento box to share. For the kids, there were two skewers of chicken pieces on a stick, three pieces of sweet tofu wrapped rice, and pineapple chunks. I figured it beat McDonald's, which shares a building with the sailing center. Truth be told, I think it was because Brian sampled a little bit of everything that it only seemed like a seven course meal!

As you can see, Sydney enjoyed the potato chips that we all shared the best, of course. (Okay, I guess if you count these, there were indeed seven courses to our meal.)

Brian: "I wonder if Doug really doesn't like the cut of my jib."

Sydney: "I wonder how long I have before they take this bag of chips away from me. I really like chips."

Sydney also likes sailing as it turns out. She got adventurous and explored the cabin and even wanted to sit up on top of it (after she saw Zelig do it, that is.)



What we didn't capture on camera--thankfully-- is Miranda's blow-out diaper and my sea sickness. Yes, we are a family of fools on this ship. But I'm guessing you already knew that about us.