Mid-Summer Update

Oh. Remember how I was going to post more during the summer? Sorry about that. But, we've been busy. We seem to have had a long run of parties.

June 30th we went to a housewarming party for some good friends of ours. My mom, the Granny Nanny, came with and took the girls home at a reasonable hour so Jayson and I could stay later and enjoy ourselves. It was a good thing, too, because it was really, really HOT and I don't think they would have lasted much longer than they did.

July 3rd we went to the home of a friend of ours who lives in a little neighborhood out in the country. Every July 3rd, he does a huge fireworks show in his backyard and there are probably around 150 people there. Every year, I seem to end up watching it in my car because one or more of the girls are afraid. This year it was Charlie and Lydia. They sat in the car and watched and I stood outside the car. Every time I opened the door to see how they were doing (it was HOT), Charlie screamed at me to shut the door. So, that was fun.

July 4th we went to the parade in New Berlin. Again, HOT. Every 2.5 seconds, I was shoving water bottles in the girls' faces and telling them to drink. After the parade, it was home for naps and then to a 4th of July party at a friends house who lives close enough to the park that we can sit on the sidewalk in front of her house and watch the fireworks. Just like the party the previous night, there were oodles of kids running around and the girls had a blast. We were farther away from the fireworks this time, so Charlie initially freaked out, but then did fine. She even told me the fireworks were cute.

July 6th we went to Jammin on Janesville with some friends. Again, HOT. Again with the water. The girls just adore the other family we went with, so they had a blast and got absolutely filthy dirty from walking and playing. The got their faces painted early in the evening, but after a few hours in the heat, they looked like their faces were melting.

July 8th we went to a party at another friends house. They had one of those big Banzai water slide sprinklers and again, tons of kids. The girls just loved it. I loved that the girls are finally at an age where they can pretty much play without us and Jayson and I can just sit and relax and enjoy ourselves.

July 9th, Charlie woke up and asked me, "Mommy, party today?" No, we were partied out.