Fun at School

This month, Andrew took a field trip to the city bus wash.

They took the kids through two times, and he loved it!
Now, every time we see a city bus, he wants to take a ride.

Here is Andrew reading a few books
with his good buddies, Bianca and Ella.

Swim & Surf

Andrew loves to swim.

He swims twice a week at our neighborhood pool and we hit the beach whenever it gets warm.
He is getting pretty brave-- he will jump in from the side (holding Mommy's finger), hold his breath and put his face in, blow bubbles, kick and swim using "big arms," and loves to "surf" with his surf board.

Here is some footage of Andrew surfing.
It got a little crazy at the end of the adventure, but don't worry... other than a little sand in the ears, Andrew was ok. Good thing he is a pretty tough kid. After the spill, he kept reminding George and I that "Daddy went too fast... need to slow down."

I Have the Deck and the Con

Oh, how I truly enjoyed "bring your wife to work day."
It is a rare occasion that family members are allowed to go out to sea with their sailor, and I took advantage. They let us shoot a torpedo slug, climb into the torpedo tubes, eat lunch in the ward room, and let us look out the periscope (I saw a whale spout).
It was sweet.

Here I am preparing to climb into the torpedo tube...

And I shot the torpedo...and then prepared for a fire drill.

This is "angles and dangles."
They take the boat to 25 degree up and down angles.

Hot Mama in the Engineer's rack. Yes, that is where George sleeps. Ridiculous.

The best part of the experience was that it made me truly appreciate all of the hard work that goes into running a fast attack submarine. I had some major pride in my sailor when he had the deck and the con and was in charge of diving the boat. They should let women onto subs...men shouldn't be the only ones who get the really sweet jobs. I'm filing a discrimination law suit.