Kate's Corner: Happy 4th of July!!

This weekend we had a wonderful 4th of July celebration! It all started on Saturday with our 1st annual 4th of July parade in our neighborhood organized by our wonderful neighbors Katie and Steven. What an awesome idea! This year we came totally unprepared for the parade but we will know next year. After the parade the kids had popsicles and watermelon and then our family headed to the boat for more 4th of July fun. The lake was really busy this past weekend and the water was really rough so it was hard to find a private beach. Instead we met up with Kaiser's family and just hang out on their rental house boat. It was great! We ate dinner with everyone on a boat and then swam in the lake until the sunset. Beautiful!!! Then we decided to launch our boat back to our marina to watch a wonderful fireworks show from our boat. Noah was amazed by the fireworks. He enjoyed every minute of the long firework show. Unfortunately we were unable to stay on a boat overnight because Paul had to travel to London next day so we decided to head back home after the show, which was close to 11pm!!! By the time we got back home it was 12am. This was the first time Noah stayed up this late but it was all worth it. He was amazing and just slept in late next day. On Sunday, me and Noah went over to Ania and Jason's house for some more fun. Jason made a fire and we were all watching the fireworks while eating smores with Hershey's chocolate (roasted marshmallows with a chocolate over crackers). It was delicious! Noah and a great time with Iza and Emma and he stayed up again until 11pm. This morning he slept until 11:40am!! He really is a late sleeper. I can't believe he can sleep so late :)) Anyways, today we spend almost all day long in a water-park with Jason, Ania and the kids. It was great to have a company all weekend long! Overall, we had a wonderful 4th of July celebration. I only wish i took more pictures but the only time i had my camera with me was during our neighborhood parade.