oday. We started the day by sleeping in really late. Aidan woke me up at 8:00 and Susie, C and F did not get up until after 9:00. I think that sets a record for us! Unfortunately we had forgotten that our neighborhood has a Freedom Parade at 9:30 where all the kids ride their bikes etc from one end of the neigh
borhood to the other. Waiting for us at the end were all American refreshments of apple pie and vanilla ice cream. Our late start made for a rushed exit from the house, but we managed to make it in the parade just a few minutes late. The pie and ice cream then doubled as breakfast for C and F as we didn't have tim
e to feed them when we raced out of the house. It was super humid this morning so we were a bit on the sweaty side, but it was still fun. We just really love our neighborhood and neighbors!
(I think this picture is so funny...C was posing all happy, when right as I snapped the picture he dropped his ice cream on the floor...you can see the devastation on his face. Poor guy, he quickly recovered!!)
During the parade some of our friends were telling us about a local pool that was having a big Independence Day celebration. They were going to pack a lunch and spend the day there, so we decided to do the same. We spread the word to a few other families and so we ended up spending the day at the pool with lots of friends. The kids are getting so good at swimming. If you ever saw A in a pool prior to this year, you would not recognize him. He is going completely under water and swimming at the same time. This may be a small task for other kids, but this is amazing for him. C is getting better too and he is pretty on track for his age. He didn't have quite the fear of the water that A had, which is nice. We gathered up our gear during the 3:00 adult swim and as we were walking to the car it started thundering and lightening. We timed that exit perfectly. After the pool we drove out to a country club one of my cousins belongs to. They were really talking it up to us, so we wanted to check it out. Unfortunately the office part was closed due to the holiday, but we were able to have a little look around. It is really nice. I love the fact that they have a noncompetitive swim team for kids that starts at 6 years old. And with the social membership kids are able to play golf. We would not get the golf membership for adults as I know that would be really expensive and quite frankly a waste of money on us! The only problem is that the club is about a 30minute drive from our house, so we would have to take that into consideration. I plan to go back and get some more information another week.
This evening we had every intention of going out to see some fireworks, but after our long day we were too tired. We saw a ton of fireworks last night at my uncle and aunts house so that will hold us over until this weekend. Up at the lake, they are having their show this Saturday night so that will be our official firework show. I hope you all had a great holiday!
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