Captain Hailey

This past weekend, Hailey had her first boat ride.  As we approached the boat, she was very excited.  The excitement continued as I sprayed her down with sunscreen....then, I put her life jacket on her.  Excitement over.  This was the first time she had ever worn a life jacket and she didn't want anything to do with it.  After a 20 minute hissy fit while sitting on her daddy's lap as we idled out of the marina, she discovered the steering wheel.  Then she was hooked....she became the captain, and LOVED it!!

Hailey driving the boat.

After driving the boat for a while she discovered that 'going fast' was pretty fun too!  With the wind in her crazy hair, she started having just as much fun riding along.  She did really well on her 'sea legs', walking around on the boat and balancing well....we might have a little lake rat on our hands (if her daddy has anything to do with it). 

Hailey riding on the boat.

All in all, not a bad first trip to the lake for the little monkey....hopefully she'll get used to the idea that she has to wear the life jacket and the fights will become less and less with each trip out on the water.  We shall see...