"he touched the but"

I am very behind in updating the blog. We've had so much going on here. I completely missed putting up a blog for Joe's birthday. Girls, can we use this as proof he's not my favorite? The girls all seem to think I favor Joe, which I don't but there is no arguing. Anyway...Happy belated birthday to my little man who is now a teenager!! Three teens in the house. Let the fun begin. The day was not Joe's best day as it started out with him being sent for milk to the cow machine, a story for another blog, to fill our glass bottle with milk. On the way home he dropped one of the bottles in the street. Then he brought the fudge I had made him into school for his friends. I kept it in my glass casserole dish and one of his friends tripped him, joking around. The fudge went flying...the broken glass made the fudge unedible. Poor guy. We eventually took him out to eat to celebrate but it was just us. So, pretty low key. When Andrea turned 13 we took her and several friends to see Mamma Mia in Boston and then to dinner. Alexa had a quick weekend in Milan. So, Joe was given some choices for his big outing. One of which included running with the bulls in Pamplona, part of me thinks he's a bit crazy for passing on and part of me is very releaved. He chose taking a few friends on a boat trip with Nick and our new boat. And that brings me to the title of our blog for today....

Have you seen Finding Nemo? It's one of my favorite Disney movies and not just because it turns out Dorie does know how to speak whale. Anyway, the title of this post...He touched the but...comes from Finding Nemo when the little fishes are on the edge of the reef and they are daring each other to go out into the open water near a boat, which they pronounce but. He touched the but...makes me laugh everytime because of the amazement in the fishes voice that Nemo actually did it. Anyway....I think of that line everytime I tell someone Nick bought a boat. Maybe it's because there is still a part of me in awe that he actually did it. We're still learning the ropes, literally...and all that is entailed in using it safely. Here are some pictures...










The main cabing downstairs... opposite view of the same area....the cooktop is under the cooler

Um, this picture is sideways. If you tilt your head to your left....this is one of the bedrooms. back to the left is another cushioned thing that is supposed to be a bed.

The front room...

Joe at the wheel

Joe hanging out while we're on the water...

Back at dock....

Aqua....all ours.

So Joe has a promise that once we've got this boating thing under control him and a few friends will go up to the Costa Brava for a weekend. Lucky kid!