We spent the fourth at a friend's house swimming. They had a small display of fireworks later in the evening. I get jumpy with these things, maybe from getting hit from bottle rockets a time or two, but I always expect the worst from fire and explosives. The kids all ran after the parachutes and were doing sparklers around dusk. Owen managed to burn himself with a sparkler, did I say I always expect the worst? He was fine, but I felt bad for the poor kid. He snuggled on my lap as we finished watching the rest of the show. We arrived home in time to watch Lake Lotawanna's finale from the deck.
Ben and Owen have their last swim lesson for the summer this Wednesday. One of the neighborhood moms found an instructor from the YMCA that would come to our pool . The boys are doing great in the water again this summer. They love their time in the pool and are lucky to have one so close.
Vacation Bible School was this week so the boys were gone from 9:30 to 1:00, Monday through Friday. Ben wasn't sure that he wanted to go. He is so much like me sometimes it is scary. I could tell that he was nervous and I was nervous for him but I let him help pack his lunch to get him excited. The look on his face when I left broke my heart, but I knew he would have fun and that Owen would love it too. After picking them up, Ben asked if they could go for two weeks instead of just one! They chatted excitedly all week long about the games and activities. I took my camera along on Friday to get some pictures of the boys singing the new songs they learned but I didn't end up with any. When it was their groups turn to sing, Owen looked distraught, I thought maybe stage fright, so I went up front to give him a hug. He had somehow smashed his finger and was upset because it hurt. There is no doubt about it, this kid is also mine. He is just as bruised, scratched and accident prone as yours truly.
We were at the neighbor's most of the weekend. Jeremy and the boys had dinner there Friday evening while I was at work, Saturday was spent in their back yard on their water slide with a couple of other families and we went back for more on Sunday.
I am on a mission to get some pictures of these kids this week!
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