Saying Good Bye to Summer

September is here, school is right around the corner and the days are decidedly chillier than even a week ago, fall is in the air and we sadly say good bye to summer. 

With a wet and dreary winter ahead of us we will try to enjoy as much of the last few days of sun we have.

Labor Day weekend we joined some friends at the Drive in for a rerun of Planes 2 and a final go kart ride for the season.

We have been noticing a lot more jellyfish around the marina, the kids think they are so cool. We know nothing about jellyfish so we looked them up and found out they tend to show up when the Eco system is compromised, makes sense they would be in the marina I guess.

We have made some friends with a couple who live on their boat a little ways down our dock, they are a military family as well, minus the kiddos, and have a veritable playroom in their storage unit. 

Ping pong

giant jenga.

We have enjoyed meeting another liveaboard couple our same age.

It's been bothering me that Penelope can't get in and out of the cabin on her own, she can't climb the ladder, she discovered a way to climb out when the garbage bag which is kept next to the ladder is full, she climbs up the bag, shredding it in the process, and then gets out. That is not a long term solution and I am afraid she is going to get seriously hurt someday when Aislinn 'helps' her get out, she dropped her the other night and she landed on her back.

I made some retractable ladder extensions to hopefully help her have some more foot room so she can learn to climb the ladder. It's going to take some practice.

Extensions out.

And they slide back in when we don't want her to get out.

Boat related work is still being addressed, Mark is finally finished the Git rot around the rear trampolines and all that is left is to fiberglass over the holes and then string the trampolines. We are still waiting for the extra long radar wire to arrive, apparently it was back ordered. Projects we need done before winter is to fix the wood rot in the cockpit, Git rot won't work there; have the cockpit enclosure made and installed; have bilge pumps in working order; get energy logs and coin them and install a deck fill for the water tank.

Those are the main things on Marks to do list, mine is a lot less physical as I prepare for all three kids  school this year, organizing curriculum and switching out summer clothes for winter clothes.

The public schools start this week but we are aiting until next Monday, one more week for me to mentally prepare, unfortunately I hated school my entire life and here I am teaching it to my kids, I know the reasons why we decided to homeschool and the reasons are still sound but sometimes I can't say I haven't thought about just packing them all off to school. We take it year by year, but when I have a three month trip planned in the spring which wouldn't be possible with the kids in public school it strengthens my resolve.