Unfortunately, due to the awkward time of the week that the 4th fell on this year, Josh had to work on the holiday, so Aria and I had to find a way to entertain ourselves. We left on Tuesday night to head up to my parents in a torrential rain and hail storm. There are fewer places Aria would rather go to than my parent's house, but there are also fewer things she hates more than long car rides. Fortunately, we all survived.
Wednesday the 4th just may have been one of the hottest days Michigan has had in a long time, and that's saying something this summer. We all got up and had breakfast and then headed out to the famous Hadley Parade. If you live in the mid-Michigan area, but have never been to the Hadley parade, you are missing out on a vital part of small town life, let me tell you. It was our first year taking Aria out there (I believe) and she LOVED it, once the sirens had gone by. The candy flying everywhere, all the prancing horses, loud tractors and - the best part - the water hoses coming from the firetrucks just put her in euphoria. She was devastated to leave, but I for one was very excited about getting back to the air conditioning inside. (Pictures soon to come; my camera is still MIA.)
Then we headed off for another long car ride up to Saginaw to spend some time with friends. I have never been so grateful for the presence of a pool in my life, and Aria was thrilled, as usual, about swimming. She swam until waterlogged, which took almost 2 hours. There really was no other place to be than that pool. Aria also experienced a bit of a swimming first; she went down the slide and was completely submerged and LOVED it. I had worried about her sucking in too much water or panicking with water in her face - she can't stand it in her ears - but she wanted to go down the slide again and again. I'm so glad we're eliminating any fear of water so early.
After a long day of friends, food and hiding in the air conditioning, it was time to head home, all the way from Saginaw back to Southgate. After all the playing and lack of napping, I thought Aria would be passed out as soon as she got in her car seat, but she didn't sleep till the last 30 minutes, which was straight through another huge mid-summer storm. We finally made it home around 8:30 and all went straight to bed.
It was a crazy couple days of travelling and trying to keep cool, but it was a blast. Maybe next year we'll progress to fireworks and, hopefully, our own barbecue in our new back yard :)
How was your Holiday?
Wednesday the 4th just may have been one of the hottest days Michigan has had in a long time, and that's saying something this summer. We all got up and had breakfast and then headed out to the famous Hadley Parade. If you live in the mid-Michigan area, but have never been to the Hadley parade, you are missing out on a vital part of small town life, let me tell you. It was our first year taking Aria out there (I believe) and she LOVED it, once the sirens had gone by. The candy flying everywhere, all the prancing horses, loud tractors and - the best part - the water hoses coming from the firetrucks just put her in euphoria. She was devastated to leave, but I for one was very excited about getting back to the air conditioning inside. (Pictures soon to come; my camera is still MIA.)
Then we headed off for another long car ride up to Saginaw to spend some time with friends. I have never been so grateful for the presence of a pool in my life, and Aria was thrilled, as usual, about swimming. She swam until waterlogged, which took almost 2 hours. There really was no other place to be than that pool. Aria also experienced a bit of a swimming first; she went down the slide and was completely submerged and LOVED it. I had worried about her sucking in too much water or panicking with water in her face - she can't stand it in her ears - but she wanted to go down the slide again and again. I'm so glad we're eliminating any fear of water so early.
After a long day of friends, food and hiding in the air conditioning, it was time to head home, all the way from Saginaw back to Southgate. After all the playing and lack of napping, I thought Aria would be passed out as soon as she got in her car seat, but she didn't sleep till the last 30 minutes, which was straight through another huge mid-summer storm. We finally made it home around 8:30 and all went straight to bed.
It was a crazy couple days of travelling and trying to keep cool, but it was a blast. Maybe next year we'll progress to fireworks and, hopefully, our own barbecue in our new back yard :)
How was your Holiday?
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