My favorite things

So Jacob and I have the same favorite spot on the boat.  Looking out of the hatch above Mark and I's bunk.  However we like them differently.  He likes it when the windscoop is up and the brezze blows in tickling him and creating an ora of blue in the cabin.  I like it at night when the lights from Bone Fish Resturant twinkle on the waves between us and them, the reflection can be seen on the glass as I lay in bed looking out beyond the hatch at the stars above.  LOVE

Yet again the wind has picked up and although dad is on a Boys Night Out it doesn't look like we will be going out again this weekend :(  I am sick of the weekends being windy.  As soon as the weather gets nice I am ready to cast off the lines and head to the open ocean and start home schooling from there.  Maybe we should wait for an engine first.  How can I feel stranded when we live on a boat?! I will post once the weather improves because lately these posts have been more about my mini dramas than babies on boats.

The Sun Always Rises

Adam's sunrise; taken the morning after he was buried at sea 

Well last night was a rough night! But never fear, the sun always rises.
The thing about it is, my girl even knows that.  One morning when Mark went to wake Marley for the day she said, "Daddy its not time to get up yet".  He explained that it was and that we had to get ready for school.  So my smarty pants 2 and a half year old tells her daddy, "No, open the hatch".  He does, and she says, "look Daddy out there there is no sun, its not wake up time yet".  Mark told her thats because she was looking the wrong way.  Promptly she took him to the galley and pointed out to the east and said "no Daddy, this is where the sun comes up, behind that boat and see, its not up yet!"  And that is the affect of raising you kids on a boat my followers! Not only does she know what a 'hatch' and 'galley' is but she also knows that the sun rises in the east! :) Beautiful moments!
Today the sun rose again and it didn't start out for me much better than the day before.  On the way racing to catch the ferry I lost one of Jacob's really nice baby blankets overboard and watched it sink, then on the way back on the ferry after the morning commute I lost the loose wheel on the skateboard to the ocean as well! Will spend tomorrow googling the company in Australia to see if I can get a replacement!
Marley had a much better day and we even made a successful second attempt of trick or treating. Bless my wonderful boating neighbours who went out and bought candy for the only trick or treater in the marina and then had the patience to entertain her a day later!  Another thing that boat life will teach my children; the kindness of people.

Adam sailing off into the sunset one evening over cupmatch.