OH NO!

Think that'll be it for water training this season!  To think we were happily working in the water less than two weeks ago and then it SNOWED last night!  And it appears to not be a one-off.  Expecting up to 6 inches tomorrow.  So very sad.  May go from swimming, skip right over carting, and move on to the sled!  The summer was great and it was terrific that we could keep at it well into October even in New England!

Can't believe we were swimming here two weeks ago!

Boat is getting tucked away until next spring!

Trying to Work Out our Bug-A-Boos

Erin is trying to problem solve why Miss Brenna has suddenly become wary of the boat.  She has previously loved to jump and now she won't sit on the boat long enough to leave the beach.  Erin thinks that Brenna's change in attitude came when we went from asking her to retrieve a paddle to waiting on the boat deck to jump in and save Erin.  She may just be wary of riding out knowing that Erin is going to jump in and need her help!  So back to the basics.  Look, Brenna!  Your wonderful bumper is sitting on this platform!  Do ya wanna come get it?

Brenna is cautious but is having trouble resisting the call of the bumper!

OK, fine!  I'll climb up there for that!  Yeah for Erin for figuring out how to go about that with a positive approach!

Birdie has been jumping great for her bumper. . . but the paddle is another matter!

She didn't go when I told her to but she's still with me!

Whoa!  Look at that air as she leaps to the paddle sitting just off to the left of the frame!

And, yes, she did bring it back to me on the dock (with the help of that handy long line)!

Water training in October (in New England!!!)

We've had a couple of great weekends water training.  Who would've thought that we'd be in the water in October!  We can't lie, it was cold!  But in a couple of months, when it it is snowing out, we'll be longing for the days at the lake!  Baby Bob is no longer a baby!  Look at the big boy on the boat!  Brenna has decided she is going to beach that boat (she didn't like having it disappear when she dropped it prematurely!).  Birdie hasn't dropped the take a line in a while.  And Sammy remembers all of his exercises and is still a fabulous worker.  We thought we were going to be called on for a real rescue when the neighbor's boat wouldn't start while it was floating out there in the lake.  But they got it working and no real life tow a boat was required!