The Beach '14: Stand Up Paddleboarding

So, there is no official photographic evidence of it happening, but Sarah and I did really go paddleboarding! We were nervous about taking our phones or camera while paddleboarding, since we weren't quite sure how it was all going to work out, so no pictures. But this picture is where we went paddleboarding! We look a 1.5 hour private lesson in the Destin Harbor. It was pretty cool. We both managed to stand up, didn't fall once and didn't run into anything or have anything run into us! It was perfect water - smooth as can be and not a whole lot of current. It was really fun. I kind of want a paddleboard so I can do it in the Maumee river (there are no algal blooms in the rapids by Perrysburg/Waterville in case you were wondering).

The Beach '14: Aarg! Ahoy Matey!

Tuesday evening we went on a pirate adventure! We boarded the Buccaneer and headed out to sea! 

Thanks to Aunt Sarah, the boys had some pretty awesome pirate glasses. The crew was pretty impressed!

The kids actually had no idea they were on a boat. They were too busy playing. They had a gun fight, sword fight, swabbed the decks, got their faces painted, looked for treasure and danced around! It was pretty fun. Ben was slightly hesitant at first, but got into it pretty quickly. Nick wasn't so sure. He participated on and off, but he still had lots of fun!

The Beach '14: Getting our Pirate On

Tuesday morning, in preparation for their evening pirate adventure, the boys practiced being pirates. They were pretty cute little pirates. Nick is a whistle blowing pirate, apparently. 

The Beach '14: Feeding Alligators!

Monday evening, while on vacation, we went to Fudpuckers for dinner. It's a little bit like Lulu's but their thing is alligators. As in, they have a lot of them! And you can feed them. After dinner, I bought a bag of food for the boys to feed to the alligators. They were kind of little, only 5ish feet (though, that was about the size of the Perrysburg alligator last week...). Both boys survived and there were some satisfied alligators. 

The Beach '14: The Burying Of Ben and Nick

It wouldn't be a day at the beach without digging a giant hole and then burying someone it said hole!