Well about a month ago his Aunt and Uncle, who live right next door, took the afternoon and pulled out this old little beginner sailboat from the trees, off the side of their house. They found all the parts, the sail and set it up in their backyard. Then, they came over told Stephen they had a surprise for him.After stumbling across the yard with his eyes closed, he was speechless when he realized what they had done.
It's a small one person boat and it needed a bit of work done to it to fix it up and get it working again. To say Stephen was excited for this new project, was an understatement. We hauled it right over to our place and into the garage. Then he spent the rest of the afternoon tinkering around and planning how to get this boat in shape to go sailing. After only a few weeks (and some good advice from his uncle), it was ready to go.
The weekend before thanksgiving we decided to head to the lake. It was still warm here in Texas and there was just enough of a breeze...or so we thought. We loaded the car up and took off for the afternoon.
It was great! Andrew and I soaked up the sun, played in the grass and on the playground while Stephen tested the boat out. We have to laugh, because being his first time he was pretty sure he'd tip the boat and was a bit nervous as to how cold the water would be. That afternoon, there was barely enough of a breeze to scoot him along in the water and he got excited anytime a little gust would go by. Needless to say he didn't get dumped. He can't wait until it warms up again and I'm sure he will be the first one out on the lake in the spring.
I love how he always has so many dreams and things he wants to do. I also love how excited and passionate he gets when he's founds somethings new like sailing. He's such a kid at heart!
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| The before....excited for the adventure! |
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| Getting the boat in the lake |
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| Andrew and I enjoying the relaxing afternoon watching daddy try out his sailing skills on the lake |
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Impressive!!!
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