the life acquatic: 3.0

sunday we had a double date with bridget & west in dana point at the dana wharf. since jesse had stella we decided we'd get hands on and take the boys out on an adventure and went whale
watching! the weather was amazing and we drifted among a few sailboats within sight of the harbor and scenic coast among a pod of grey whales.

the boys were amazing sailors and spent most of the time sitting up on the deck putting fish stickers in their notebooks and shouting out all the things they could see--nemo fish, an octopus, and seaweed.

(i love that they're best friends this way--it always reminds me of the charlie & lola episode when lola &lotta are both looking in the pond and imagine the goldfish is really sleepy and the other fish are singing really loud. a new girl comes along and tells lotta that fish don't sing. that's what reminds them that they're friends and then they have this amazing imaginative adventure swimming with the fish.)

anyhow, whether or not what he and west saw corresponded with what the rest of us saw--when asked how many whales he spotted, owen has consistenly answered 5. b & i saw at least a dozen whale spouts followed by fin flips (i'm sure there's a technical name for this) and i even managed to catch some on video--we got lots of great video footage for life acquatic 3.0!

afterwards we met j & s at jon's fish market for some fish and chips--the boys had "shrimpies" and i indulged in some scallops. i meant to go back and pick up some amazing looking smoked salmon, but got distracted by shark dances and a racuous game of hide and seek around the harbor. a perfect, perfect, south county afternoon.