We had a great July 4 weekend this year. Since it fell on a Thursday we stayed in town to enjoy the neighborhood festivities before heading up nort'. The Elm Grove Junior Guild puts on a big party during the day at Elm Grove Park, with all the kiddie requirements: jumpy houses, fire trucks, games, food, popsicles, races, etc. Matt stayed home with Luke while he snoozed and I took G down to check out the goings on. Then of course it was back to the park that night for fireworks!
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| is it hot in here or is it just me? |
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| chillaxin |
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| waiting with her buddy mitchell for the "5 & under' foot race. i thought she would be really competitive about it but total opposite...she started strong then slowed down basically to watch the other kids run by her |
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| staked out our spot, noshing on ice cream, ready for it to get dark |
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| lukie was pretty intense with the glow sticks |
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| i beat you, daddy! |
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| let's thwap this tree! |
G once again loved the fireworks. L...not so much. As soon as the first couple went off he pointed to the wagon and very worriedly yelled "Go! Go mama!"...actually it was more like, "Doh! Doh mama!" Either way, dude wanted
nothing to do with it. So Matt had to hold him the whole time. Poor little man! I suspect life will be different this time next year.
We took our time heading up to the cottage Friday morning for the rest of the weekend. The weather was awesome - truly could not have been better for a long holiday weekend.
We went on a million boat rides, played in the water, ate to the point of explosion, and little Lukie spent the entire weekend chatting away. Most popular phrases included - in Lukie-speak - "shand", "all wet", "wa-dee", "boat", and the cutest of them all "whee fun".
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| hat trade |
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| photo by g |
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| post-nap must haves: daddy, nana, mop (L-speak for milk) |
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| diggin in and getting disgusting |
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| i'll just put this over here |
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| anytime's a good time for showing the jelly belly |
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| hiiiiiiii |
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| captain L at the helm |
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| 3 maios |
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| yes, let's definitely get this maniacal 20 month old near a campfire |
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| it's possible the 'campfire' sized marshmallows are not necessary |
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| happiest.poodle.ever |
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| wadee! all wet! |
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| mr. cool |
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| loves |
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| uncle stevie was there too |
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| luke insisted on splashing his feet over and over and over. surely nothing bad could happen right? |
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| one little fishie |
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| two little fishies |
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| ta da boo! (peek a boo) |
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| glamorously waiting for the upper mill pond boat parade |
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| wait...what kind of parade is this? |
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| dashing |
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| tube time! |
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| a little concerned about where daddy and gg are |
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| hated it at first but quickly changed his tune |
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| getting ready to row with mom & dad |
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| i thought this would be another case of hating it at first but quickly warming up... |
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| but about 2 seconds after this shot was taken we rowed back to get the boy on solid land |
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| to the springs, matey! |
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| annnnnnnnnnnnnd....done |
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