What I did today. HandsomeHusband did not join in the fun. He had another ceremony to attend in the morning. It was me, the kids and my dad. Oh, and my dad's co-workers.
This is the front of our dragon boat.
They are almost to the finish line...the #2 boat won this heat.
A pile of life jackets, which started out dry and became wet as the day and races went on.
Did the kids watch me when I was racing? No, they were too busy playing in the sand...
throwing rocks...
and trying to skip rocks in the lake.
StellaDella "tattooed" her belly...
and had her face painted with a "bat" mask.
Between races, Grandpa helped the kids fly a kite. Here he is getting ready to launch.
There it goes!
"Am I doing it right Grandpa?"
Looks good!
Even DramaQueen tried her hand at flying the kite.
Monkeyboy got the the bright idea to bury the handle in the sand. He soon learned that sand, even wet sand, does not hold a kite handle very well.
Stupid kite eating tree!
In the end, the kite was retrieved without any damage.
Out of our three races, the last race was our best time and the only time we won our heat. We came in 4th in the C Division Consolation group.
It was a beautiful day, the sun was shining, low humidity and a nice breeze. The kids had a great time and more importantly, they behaved! Woot! Woot!
3 validation(s) of my existence:
Ahhhh ... looks like a WONDERFUL family time!
What a perfect day! I love SD's "bat face", she is so funny. :)
And I cannot believe that your mean looking dragon boat didn't "eat up" the competition. :-0
Monica - It was a good time...got to get HandsomeHusband to join next year!
Oz Girl - She is a hoot. I'm surprised that the last race was our best time...we were all pretty tired by then!
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