Richfield's 4th of July Parade
Paul hanging out at the parade!
Since it is now the 5th of July, I can't wish everyone Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone had a great day yesterday and remembered the true meaning of our Independence. What a wonderful country we live and oh how lucky we are to be free.
We had another busy weekend last weekend...as always! Friday night we had dinner with Mary and Ron, Mary had picked up the kids from daycare and took them to Annie's birthday party at the nursing home Friday afternoon, then brought the kids to our house until I got home. And we waited for Kev to get home from work because they had to swap vehicles, so she would have car seats. Then we just decided that we'd go grab a bit to eat, I was too tired to cook anything anyway!
Then Saturday we did a little yard work and the kids played in the front yard with the Sand and water table, all with water, no sand and Amelia now thinks it is a swimming pool! And I'm sure if Paul could have figured out how to get up there he would have been in it to. We are having to redo our landscaping by our driveway/walkway. We just did it last summer and it has become over grown with weeds. So we shoveled all the rock and dirt out and replaced the landscaping fabric with heavy duty plastic. And more rock was delivered Monday and now it's almost complete again, tomorrow night we're going to get another paver (one had broke) and some plants to put around the mailbox and up the walkway.
Ron had asked Kev on Friday night if he wanted to go golfing Saturday afternoon, him and Mary were going on Saturday morning and there was no way Kev was getting up to go at 7am! :) He loves to golf, but claims that is way too early to go! They had a 2:22 tee time in New Prague, so Mary came and hung out with the kids and me and helped me clean up the house. It was nice having the company and help getting things done that I hadn't been able to get done earlier in the week.
Sunday, my dad and Mary Jo came down from Stillwater to celebrate his birthday which was on Saturday. We had a nice visit, spent a lot of time on the deck and Amelia demonstrated to Papa and Mary Jo how she swims in her sand and water table. I guess we definitely need to get the kid a pool! We grilled chicken breasts and potatoes for dinner and had DQ ice cream cake for dessert, I was going to make my famous NY style cheesecake...which is one of my dad's favorites, but it was too hot to use my oven! So I think I owe him now!
Amelia demonstrating how she swims!
Paul isn't going to miss out on the action!
Pauly helping Papa blow out his candles...didn't have 44 candles to put on it!
I've had an awful rough week. So far I've worked one day! I had Monday off, as usual. Worked Tuesday, we were closed yesterday and today and now I have to work tomorrow. Yesterday we went with the Case's to the 4th of July parade in Richfield. We had a good time, even though it was very hot. Amelia really enjoyed it and Paul slept through most of it! Afterwards, we went over to Kelly's parents house to cool off before going to the park (which we never made it to), we ended up staying there and eating dinner. Which it was very nice of them to invite us over and let us join in on their bbq. After we ate, we came home quick, grabbed our swimsuits and head back to Matt and Kelly's to go swimming. Kelly's parents had bought Logan a pool, they felt bad that he didn't have anywhere to go swimming! It's one of those easy set blue pools with the blow up top ring. It's 10'x30" deep. It was nice to go over there and take a dip, even though the water was cold! Amelia really enjoyed it and really could careless how the water felt, the girl just loves to swim! Best part was she could touch the bottom and still be above water without her floatie, also she could be in her floatie and walk herself around the pool. We're keeping our eyes open for some sort of pool for the babies to swim in, they both like water! We'll see!
Goodnight!
Amelia had her first dentist appointment yesterday. I wanted to take her in to get her use to what they do during an appointment. She did great when we got there. We came in the back door and typically she sticks right by me when we stop at my work, but yesterday, she marched right up to the front. I stopped in the hall way to visit with Dr. Winn and she kept on walking. I was shocked...usually she's shy when we ware at my work! She played with the toys for a minute and then Julie (the hygienist) brought her back into the room, with Paul and I in tow of course! Amelia did great---in my opinion anyway! She sat in the chair and let Julie look in there a little bit, she held the big mirror while Julie looked in there with the little mirror. Julie just brushed her teeth a little (as seen in the picture above) with a toothbrush instead of a prophy cup. Amelia didn't like the idea of being tipped back in the chair...I think just because it was something new for her. So we ended it there, so she wouldn't be scared for her next visit. She did great, and she even came home with a brand new Tigger toothbrush! 
