Bermudiful Day Celebrating with Friends and Starting Traditions

Jacob's first official swim of the year

My little fish forgot nothing from last summer!

May 24th is Bermuda Day. As a proud Bermudian this is one of my favorite holidays. As a child growing up I remember going to the parade and as I became a teenager going boating. Now we are creating our own family traditions. Bermuda Day is celebrated in Bermuda in many different ways. It kicks off first thing with the Annual Bermuda Day marathon, then there are the floats at the parade in town and the Bermuda Fitted Dinghy races in St Georges. There are also parties island wide and boat raft ups gallor! It is our official start to summer and some Bermudians even start it off by having their first swim in the sea.
We started our day by taking the kids on the boat to Somerset Bridge to see the early part of the Bermuda Day marathon. Last year we took Marley to the bottom of Fort Scaur to cheer on Auntie Lizzie (she wasn't running this year due to injury), when Liz ran by Marley got so excited cheering but then started to cry. Come to figure out she was crying because Auntie Lizzie had 'run away' and she wanted her to come back!  Even though Liz wasn't running, Auntie Nadia was for the first time. And with a year of maturity under her head band Marley was yet again ready to cheer, this time with jingle bells for Jacob and her recorder. We then decided to follow the runners by boat to Jews Bay and then Darrells Wharf. A little putter round Hamilton Harbour while flirting with the idea of going to see the floats and then spotting our potential new neighbours (the family with the little boy Jacobs age) and their hopeful new boat. We arrived back to Dockyard with Marley down already for a nap. I made some lunch then put Jacob down for his nap while Mark went and did some work on the Spirit. Later than day we celebrated Kelly's (another friend of Jacob's mommy- also who I went to school with) 30th birthday and Marley took her first dip in the water in true Bermuda style. Even though her lips were blue and she was shivering my girl did not want to get out; I can see where this is heading! All in all the beginnings of some real traditions and fond memories with my bermudiful family.