Yesterday afternoon, we decided to head over to Marina del Rey to take a ride on the water taxi since John just loves the boats. Actually, we weren't too sure if he'd like it, but we thought we'd give it a try and get off the boat if he really hated it.
As is our custom, we went to Tony P's for an early dinner. We sat on the terrace and John was just so excited to see the boats. He didn't even want to wait to eat his food. He just wanted to go to look at the boats. After placing their order, Maureen took John for a walk while I got to spend some time with Nicholas. When they returned John was right as rain and able to sit down. He really enjoys coloring on the children's menu.
As is our custom, we went to Tony P's for an early dinner. We sat on the terrace and John was just so excited to see the boats. He didn't even want to wait to eat his food. He just wanted to go to look at the boats. After placing their order, Maureen took John for a walk while I got to spend some time with Nicholas. When they returned John was right as rain and able to sit down. He really enjoys coloring on the children's menu.
After we finished with dinner, we took a walk down to the water taxi stop. We were told it would be a 15-minute wait (it turned out to be 35-minutes), so we kept on walking back and forth between the Ritz Carlton and Tony P's. The door was open to the pool at the Ritz, so Maureen took John up there. He was impressed with the size of the pool and sat down in the lounge chair. He did not want to leave. He was crying as she brought him down to the walkway. He was very upset until he got a visit from a little doggie named Gracie.
When the boat finally came to pick us up, John was excited to go down the gang plank, but as we
approached the boat, Maureen asked, "Do you want to go on the boat?" He said, "Nope!" Maureen picked him up and we got on the boat. Much to our delight, he was quite thrilled with riding on the boat. Every so often, he'd exclaim, "BIG BOAT!!"
approached the boat, Maureen asked, "Do you want to go on the boat?" He said, "Nope!" Maureen picked him up and we got on the boat. Much to our delight, he was quite thrilled with riding on the boat. Every so often, he'd exclaim, "BIG BOAT!!" The captain of the boat was very nice. He let John take a turn at the helm. He actually let all the kids take a turn at the helm and was impressed that all the boys were such gentlemen about sharing turns. John very patiently waited his turn and would say, "Next" when it was going to be his turn. I think his Grandpa Dick would have been proud to see his nautical grandson.
As an added treat, the captain took us to see the sea lions by the docks. They really didn't do much aside from lounge around on the sea lions, but John really liked it anyway.
To quote the Fresh Beat Band, "What a Great Day!!"
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