Boating Season begins!

The weather has been gorgeous lately, so TJ and I decided to take the boat out on it's maiden voyage of the season.  We figured that we'd wait until after Kali's nap so that we could gather everything together while she slept and be ready to go when she woke up.  But, apparently Kali had other plans for us.  She has been waking up when we try to put her down in her crib.  At night, she's so tired that she only cries for about 5 minutes before falling asleep.  But today for her nap, she cried for 10 minutes and showed no signs of going back to sleep. 

Of course, minus a nap, she's a little cranky!  Defiant is probably a better word for it.  So needless to say, I was incredibly frustrated trying to get everything together for us to head out.  BUT, she behaved very well on the boat and actually fell asleep about 3/4 of the way out to the island, in her life jacket! She was so adorable! She slept for about 45 minutes, and then we were able to let her out of the boat and play in the sand! She loves it!!! Loved to sit in the sand and let the water rush up to her.  I can't wait to be able to get out there for a whole day and let her play.  And now that we know she'll sleep on the boat, we won't have to wait until after a nap. 

Our little princess asleep on the boat.

Look at those cheeks!

LoVe!

After she woke up she figured that she would explore the boat.

Seeing what's in the cabin

Trying to get out of the cabin...butt first!

She adores these little purple flip flops I got from Target (for $2.50).

I'm thinking her favorite color is going to be purple. :-)

Snack Time!

I got the Gyro Bowl since she likes to try and pour out her snacks, and brought it along.

It was PERFECT for the boat.  Even with it rocking, her snacks didn't spill!

I'm now a Gyro Bowl believer!

MmMmMmMmMm...Fishes!

I didn't get any pictures of us on the actual island since we forgot the second anchor and had to wade to shore. I'm too nervous about my clumsy tendencies to bring the camera into the water. But next time for sure! We'll have our dry box and I'll be sure to take pictures.

We stayed for about an hour before heading in.  It was a great lazy trip! And a perfect maiden voyage for us.  I think it might have even been Kali's first trip to Shell Island.  She's been to the beach before, but not sure she's been to the island since the boat was in the shop most of last season.  Definitely going to be something fun for us all to do!!!!!

Me and my Kali-bug on the trip home.

And I'm totally rockin' the Lesband.  Hey, it keeps my hair outta my face! LOL!

I love our beach!