Water in the Desert

We have returned from a wonderful week at the lake. The weatherman was bang on and we had meteorological perfection the whole time. We were immediately greeted with a very pleasant surprise when our sibling/property partner, Will, informed us that he has purchased an up-dated boat. It is newer and better than what it replaced and he graciously allowed Keith to use it.

This now meant that all water toys were 'on the table' and Liam was one to catch onto this quite quickly. He quite adamantly announced one evening that his plan for the next day was to go 'tubing', then for a ride on the boat, and finally, a ride on the Seadoo. Thinking this might be just 'three year old talk', we were surprised to see him so gungho the next day, with not a single hesitation.

Here he is, patiently waiting his turn, getting familiar with where the handles were situated.

Seeing that he was such a keener, I went along and gave him a serious lesson in signals to give the 'spotter' in the boat, so his wishes could be passed on to the boat driver. "Thumbs up for 'go' or 'faster'" He thought the fingers would work just fine.

"Thumbs down for 'slower' or 'stop'".

And then he invented this one for 'just right' or in nautical parlance, 'steady as she goes'. He was ready to get rolling and could hardly wait.

With mom holding him tight, what could be more fun? There were no 'sideslips' 'wake jumping', or 'flips'. He is not even three. Those adventures will wait for next year. He did get the boat ride and the Seadoo ride many more times that week, and believe me, he is hooked on motorized water sports. Now, if we could just get him in the water and teach him to swim.