My family will be vacationing at Bear Lake in less than two weeks. I’m so excited! It turns out that the older your kids are, the more fun boating is. That means that my parents are having the time of their lives (as long as I don’t bring along the grandkids). My four-year-old has specific boating duties–namely holding a flag (we have two because sometimes her arms get tired right when someone’s sitting in the water), handing people towels, and shouting “woo hoo!” at the end of each run. How would we have any fun without her? (We’ll be trying out luck with HO Sports Hot Shot Trainer with bar. Wish us luck!)

But my baby . . . he’s too big to sit in a car seat and too small to do much. How do you keep your baby happy on a boat?