Last Sunday some friends invited us to go out on the lake with them for the last swim of Summer. Although it was 90 degrees with a bright shining sun, it really wasn't warm enough for this kid to go swimming. I didn't dare ask the water temperature but it couldn't have been more than 72. I didn't swim but I was willing to do a little tubing as long as I could go right from the boat to the tube and let the splashes acclimate me to the frigid lake before getting dumped off by our gracious hosts. Tony and Amy have two girls, Natalie (almost 3) and Aleah (a week older than Henry, 1.75), who love the water. Carter ate his weight in dried apricots and had a stomach ache so he wasn't interested in swimming or tubing. That was until he saw Aleah and Amy tubing. Carter and his first experience tubing...
Trying to give Dad and Tony a thumbs up. He wouldn't let go of the handles though.
One thumb up. His little arms are so short that he was almost over the edge of the tube so he got more water in his face than he would have liked. Next time we'll take goggles. Amy and I have plans to invent a tube cover that has a handle about where our elbows are so that little people can sit a bit further back and still hang on. We're going to make millions.
Henry was getting fussy (it was nearly 6 and when it is time to eat, well, get the food, NOW!) so we threw him on between us. He wouldn't lay down, but he liked to sit up and ride.
Amy and I did a few miles, got dumped a couple times, and chit chatted our way into the bay on a lake of glass. What a great way to end the weekend.
We had a blast with the Fasts and can't wait until next summer to do it again.
THANK YOU TONY, AMY, NATALIE, AND ALEAH FOR A GREAT AFTERNOON!
1 comment:
Love this! Loved that evening! Thanks for coming along, and moreso for posting about it. I may just have to put a link on my blog to yours for this one because who knows when I'll ever get around to it! HUGS!
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