June 24-25, 2010

Yesterday was by far our best day on the boat, we did nothing. It was great! Deason spent the day on the beach with another boat bound boy. He was only 6, but they had a blast. They were rowing a dinghy along the beach and Deason even rowed back to the boat to get lunch. Then he had to fight the current to row back to the beach, he never gave up. By the time his friend left and he got back to the boat he was so shelled that I thought for sure he would fall asleep at dinner that night.

We went out to dinner with Uncle Bobby, then to the pirate show. The show was a brief history of Blackbeard and included cannons and gun fire that scared the pants off Chris and I. Dahlia was completely unfazed by it all. They even recruited kids to become pirates, most of them ended up spinning the "wheel of misfortune" to assign their pirate posts. Overall, the show was very funny, most of the humor was meant for adults, and hopefully went over the kids heads. Deason didn't want his picture taken with the pirates so Dahlia and I had to stand in, she liked the pirates.

Deason may not have fallen asleep at dinner, but he barely made it to his pillow, then he slept till 8:15. There really isn't anything better than an 8 yr old boy getting ALL of his energy out! After his great night of sleep, he had to report for work today on Water Bug at 10am. He loved it, and has been spouting off Beaufort info and history to us since he has returned. Sherry got here tonight and we had dinner on the boat, if only the no-see-umms didn't join the party, it would have been perfect!

Before D went off to work he was sitting on the floor with Dahlia when he looked up at me and said "Mom you look all new......except you have pirate toes".

Only a kid can compliment you and insult you in the same sentence. I took the compliment and decided that rather than have him elaborate on what pirate toes look like that I would just go moisturize my feet instead.