August, really?

Can't believe it is August.  Strange.  Starting to see commercials for back to school sales and it all seems strange not to be doing that.  And now it is official.  We are now a homeschooling family.  We decided that since we aren't so busy with boat stuff and the kids are feeling pretty settled it was time to start school.  So we started on Monday, July 30.  I think our first week went ok.  It is taking a little adjusting to get used to sitting still and focusing on stuff, but I could tell an improvement later in the week.  It is a big new change...again.

Tues and Wed were pretty rainy afternoons.  That didn't slow Noah down.  He just put on his rainjacket and kept on with playing with his crab buddies.  Tuesday was a record setting day for him. He caught 8 crabs in one day and he and Lucy caught this big whopper, by far the biggest catch so far. The ones he usually catches range from 1/2 inch to a couple of inches- just cute little guys but this one was ginormous! I didn't dare even suggesting eating it though, they are his friends.

Later this week we took a couple of field trips to a museum and to this fort called - The Castillo de San Marcos.  The kids were studying about St. Augustine this week so we thought it would be fun to go see this awesome fort. 

And yes we got to do some sailing practise this week.  This is the spinaker sail and it works really well.  It is much easier to manage and adjust than the mainsail and works well for light to medium winds.  And good news- no one got sick this time too. We stayed out several hours and when we were heading back in we came upon a group of dolphins.  I tried to video but it was all happening too fast. They were just popping up all over- some just 10 feet away others 30-50 ft, just randomly coming up.  They were really cool.

I thought I would take a quick video so we can remember this marina we now call home. 

 We have really liked it here so far.