Playing Hookey

Today we let Mackenzie play hookey from school. Now just to make sure she doesn't do it in high school. Lee was off today and it was absolutely gorgeous outside and we took the boat out. We don't normally let Mackenzie miss school for no good reason but this was an exception. We had a blast. I have decided that seeing dolphins isn't a great phenonenom as they are constantly going in and out of the pass. We have seen them every time we've gone out. We saw them by the pass, by crap island and multiple times. I don't think I'll ever stop being amazed by them.

We picked up Chick-fil-a for lunch and ate it on the boat. A bird came by and Lee threw up a piece of chicken. Seriously within moments our boat is surrounded by birds. It was hysterical. They were so close to the boat that we could literally reach out and touch them. So we start throwing up french fries and watch them catch them. I'm holding one in my hand and the bird just flies in and takes it from my hand. It scared me to death. So we're going through crab island heading to the harbor to the pass. We have our own personal entrourage of birds following us. I took some video of the birds on my camera. Lee then later took some more video.

We go out into the gulf and man oh man was that a mistake. The waves in the gulf were so high today. Well where you make your entrance to the gulf. Water was hitting our boat so hard. I got a little freaked so we came back to the pass. The pass makes me so nervous. It is the 3rd most dangerous pass in the country. Boats go down every year. It's kind of like the Bermuda triangle, for no reasons boats will just start sinking.

So what do I want to do? I want to feed the birds some more food. I want my entourage back. So my sweetheart of a husband went to the gas station and bought a loaf of bread and popcorn. We were waiting for some hungry birds. We found some but they weren't as bold as the other birds. Oh yeah, earlier one of the pieces of food Jackson threw landed back in the boat by him and Lee and this one brave bird swooped in the boat to eat it. It stayed on the floor for approximately 10 seconds. Screams abounded. Thankfully we were only one of maybe 10 boats we saw all day long.

The boat has really brought us together as a family. It is the only thing that we all do together and truly enjoy. Mackenzie got to drive the boat again today and loved it. She thinks it is the greatest thing. Then I was going to drive and Jackson got in my lap. Oh no, he was driving. He told me he wanted to take me to Walmart. That's where he was driving us. What's so great is that he has such an imagination. He pretended we were there and going in. I love his great mind.

So in December it was jelly fish, today it was the birds that entertained us. I love it. I had a blast. Now Lee is sleeping (and snoring loudly) while Jackson is playing with trains and Mackenzie is sitting next to me. I'm getting ready to watch the BCS game. Go LSU! And that's only b/c you're an SEC team.