Tubing on the river

This morning Chris woke up with the idea of taking the boys out on the river. Everybody goes tubing on the river in the summer but we've never been with the boys. He ran out to buy an inflatable boat that we could all fit in so we didn't have to rent one. We figure we'll use it enough that it'll pay for itself.We already had life jackets for the kiddos so we didn't need that. The boat ended up being a little bit cozy once we were all in. The boys kept moving around to put their hands in the water or just look at turtles and other people floating by. Chris also got oars so he could row us up river and we could float back down. Every once in awhile one of the boys wanted in the water so I would hang them over the edge and let them float beside the boat.Once we got back to where we started we let them "swim" around in the water for a little bit before heading back home for lunch.

We think we might get a second, smaller boat so that next time we can split the boys up and each take one. Then we won't be so crowded. Zachary kept wanting to jump on Chris so that made it hard for him to row the boat. We're also thinking about getting a couple of tubes (some of them have bottoms on them) to keep on hand for visitors or to try with the boys.