The other day Noah, Murray, and I were able to join Uncle Steve on his boat. Noah was on a boat a year ago, but he was pretty young, so I don't think he remembered. Ali was there, along with a friend of hers. Noah adores Ali and loves to play with her and just watch her :)
Being on the boat so fun because Noah was back and forth, hot and cold, about the way he felt about the boat. He was very excited about it at first, and didn't even make a peep about the life jacket. All was good at first, with just a little extra tight hand grip! Then we went fast. At first he was asking me if we could go slower, and when that didn't work, he asked me if we could go home. Is it bad that I was chuckling to myself?!?!
As the day went on he became more comfortable, but never fully relaxed. He loved sitting on the back of the boat kicking his legs, but wouldn't jump to me in the water. He floated on a tube with Pa and the girls for a little bit.
It was so adorable watching Noah interact with Ali and her friend. The way they spoke to him was cracking me up!! It was as if they could reason with him and convince him...no way Jose! In true toddler form Noah would say yes sometimes and no at other times, and really confuse them ~ Ha! The girls would jump in the water and he would say things like, "Do it again girwls?" "Good job girls!"
The boat is my happy place and it was so nice to be out there!
Ya know how I said Noah adores her...the feeling is mutual. I think she would play with him all day long over her 4th grade buddies. She is such a sweetie. She wanted to sit with Noah, and when he wouldn't sit on her lap (on account of the fear ;) she sat next to him. When he wanted a chip with dip, she got up to get him one... You get the idea ~ a true sweetie!
The squished face makes me giggle :)
