Ahoy Matey!

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On Thursday Quinn embarked on a pirate adventure with friends Lucas and Kaiden.  The first step was to get a pirate tattoo which matched the pirate dog on his hat.    Then pirate Grubby made sure everyone was strong enough and loud enough to be a pirate.  Step three, learn pirate talk.  Aye-aye matey!!

All the mateys boarded the Sea Gypsy II and were off on their pirate adventure.   Grubby led the festivities while Captain Smee drove the boat.  The day was full of sillyness and booger jokes.  But the favorite part of the day was finding Pirate Pete floating at sea and shooting him with their water cannons.  

I think I have the cutest matey of all!!!

The last task of the day was finding the \”X\” floating at sea which marked treasure!! (And yes, it was literally an X floating at sea.)  They heaved and hoisted it up.  There were 4 locks on the treasure chest and Quinn had been given a key earlier.  Once he opened up a lock he took the lock back to the captain.  You can see that the captain is where the adults sit, also known as the No Fun Zone.   (There was a large group of campers/counselors on the trip and were all wearing blue shirts.)

After opening the treasure chest every matey got a bag full of treasures.  Once we got back on dry land, Quinn pulled out his treasures for inspection.

This day earned Two Hooks Up!!

Our Monday

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This was Quinn most of the day on Monday.  A day for him to chill with no where to go.  He was pretty content to do this while I cooked a meal for friends and got the house in order after the weekend.  I was on my feet all day and was pretty tired by the end of the day.  But not our little one.  As you might expect he didn\’t burn much energy so he kept his mama awake until midnight.  Yawn!!!

His First Dive

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I know I\’ve said this before but Quinn is improving his swimming skills in leaps and bounds this summer.  And all it takes is a couple of hours having fun at the pool.

In the past Quinn has jumped off a neighbor\’s diving board to an adult in the water or alone with a noodle.  Don was convinced that Quinn could jump off the board at the Westfield Pool and swim to the side on his own.  And Quinn was more than ready to give it a shot.   The lifeguard gives the go ahead to each diver to go so you will see Q and Don looking for the \’go\’ signal.  And did you notice that Quinn didn\’t even hesitate to jump off the higher board.   Two thumbs up!  The video starts with a little game that Don and Quinn were playing in the pool — capture and escape.

(direct link to you tube to see the video in a larger size http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOJ_g6_Y6S0)
We are so proud of our little guy!!