Balloon Boat

With the cooler weather this week, it seems that summer is officially over. I will not miss the heat and humidity, but we did enjoy the sunny days over the break. With the pool and many lazy days to splash around, Milan leaned how to swim in the past few months. He is not doing laps by any means, but he can doggy paddle himself to the wall, climb out, and jump in again and again and again. Yay!

As part of the summer-pool fun Tim decided to attempt another balloon engineering challenge - the balloon boat. You may remember the balloon kites from last year that never quite got off the ground. But the balloon boat had the advantage of one very excited Captain Milan.  

The key to riding in a balloon boat is to stay perfectly still and balanced. 

The most exciting trick was to ride on the boat for 30 seconds and then capsize head first into the water. Or at least that is what Milan did over and over.

Hope you all have a nice weekend!