Boy, it’s been a while since I’ve posted, but finally, here are a few photo highlights from this year’s 4th of July celebration. As has been the case since Dylan was born, we went to Morgan Hill to spend some time with the family — there was a barbecue and swimming at Cindy’s house and then we headed to the park to see some fireworks.
This year, we tried working on some swimming skills with Dylan (to save some bucks, I opted out of enrolling him in more formal swimming lessons). Instead, it was just us, telling him to kick, kick, kick and to “cut the pizza, spread the sauce,” a “technique” we learned from Taliana (imagine your two hands together, sticking straight out in front, chopping into the water (cutting the pizza) and then pushing the water out from the center to your sides (spreading the sauce))! He kicked around the pool with a noodle and we occasionally let him go so he could see that he could float on his own….!
After eating some corn and dinner, we all headed to the park where the kids rode in the wagon, played on the playground, climbed a tree, and saw a cute little family of ducks, complete with mommy, daddy, and 8 little ducklings!
Dylan, of course, did not nap! And, he also stayed awake for the fireworks show (which, gratefully, was not canceled as it was last year!). He covered his ears the entire time and later told us that his favorite ones were the “quiet” ones that sent down “sparkle…..”
