Day 3 & 4

Hmmm.... I'd like to think I'd have something different or exciting to post, but pretty much Day 3 was a repeat of Day 2. I'd say a little more time on the dock and in the water, and less on the boat, but other than that, the same. :-) I do have a cute story about Cobe. Cobe is my LEAST brave child of the 3. He has always been a little scared of things he shouldn't be. (so like me!) But that has all changed on this trip. There is a marina we go to and feed the fish there. We have always joked that they could use this fish feeding frenzy on Fear Factor because literally there are hundreds of huge carp and huge catfish that swarm when you feed them. It is a thick mass of fish. I told Cobe I'd give him $5.00 if he'd let Ryan hold him by his ankles and dunk his head into the fish. Cobe didn't give it a second thought. He agreed, Ryan obliged, and there was my 8 year old dunked under water up to his shoulders in this swarm of nasty-looking fish! I still haven't given him the 5 bucks yet!

And part 2 of bravery: My parents have a tall boathouse that we have grown up jumping off. It is probably about 9 or 10 feet above the water, and many kids and grown-ups too have enjoyed jumping off the top into the lake below over the years. Not Cobe. He has tormented himself each time we have been here for the last year at least if not longer. He would go on top and want to jump SOOOOO badly, but never could make himself do it. He would not accept that he wasn't ever going to do it, so he would be in tears wanting to, but also in tears at the thought of doing it. Well, once the head-in-the-fish-dunking escapade was over, he came back to the dock and earned another 5 bucks from my mom for jumping off the boathouse. He didn't give it much thought and just took the plunge. Now of course, he has done it many times each day and his fear is gone. He is having a fun time "being brave." :-)

Day 4 started with my usual morning walk. My parents then left with the boys to take them shopping. Brooks has been promised a new bike to keep here. My parents got Cobe one and Brooks one last year, but now Sadie has inherited the one Brooks had because it has training wheels on it, so Brooks needs another one. So Sadie is about to go down for a nap, and I'll hit the dock in peace! :-) (Peace that is other than Ryan bothering me! Haha) I'm sure I'll post again soon with pictures (from my mom's camera).