Fawn Island, July Trip, Part III

Alright, so now that we have streaming video going on, I’ve got a 20MB video lined up for you. Please let me know if you have any problems watching it.

Click here to watch the video.

This is a sort of play-by-play of the video explaining a few funny bits:

Ian – “I’m on a boat!” “Ride.” “Good ride onna boat.”

(I’m learning to lower the volume for the boat scenes… 75% works nicely.)

During the portion of the video with the cookie, Melissa had given Ian just a bite of cookie for finishing some part of his meal… the video starts with Ian having completed the entire meal, and so he’s now asking for “the whole big cookie.” This is a lot of what he’s like lately. You can talk to him, and generally he’s got a response, and it makes sense. I love when he says “sure” and his laugh at the end — almost a little sugar-crazed.

I believe it was Saturday night when Ian talked Grampa Dave into a boat ride one step at time. It started with a walk, and then a quick trip back in for his life jacket, then a visit down near the boardwalk. And then “wanna go there” to the dock. Then get in boat. (At each of these steps, Grampa Dave would purposely not take the hint… or only advance the process one tiny step, forcing Ian to make additional “subtle” suggestions.) Then Grampa Dave sit here, Ian get in over here. And so on… finally he said “make it go” and “turn it on!”

“Grampa Dave, get my shov-el.”

And yes we fixed his hat there at the end.

We had an excellent time! Looking forward to coming back really soon! (This weekend maybe?)