Another 4th of July has come and gone - and this time it seems like it came and went like a flash. Wasn't it just last 4th that Addison, Mimi, and I were pulling into Kelso for a nice, long six month stay? How can that all ready have been a year ago? Like Chuck said over the weekend, the years are starting to blend together and are going entirely to FAST!
We had a great, relaxing weekend. Chuck, essentially, was off work from Wednesday afternoon when he got back from Atlanta through yesterday (Monday). Our long weekend really started than...
Charlie got home from the Sims in Atlanta at about 12:30 on Wednesday afternoon. Other than going out to dinner, we didn't do anything exciting on Wednesday. Nice start - even better knowing he still had five days before he had to be back to work.
Thursday was the day we met with the baby specialist in Destin. Our appointment didn't take nearly as long as it did the last time and we were done with this at about 11:30. Even with an hour drive, we were still going to get home in time to get Addison, but we had a new sitter that afternoon lined up for her which was something we knew she was really looking forward to. So we decided to stall in Destin for a while. Charlie and I went to lunch at McGuire's, an Irish Pub we went to once before the first time we lived here seven, eight, nine years ago - whenever that was. (There go those years running together again.) It was very tasty and so nice to have a little unexpected lunch date together without our sweet girl. Addison is presently on a tee ball/softball kick. (She got a tee ball set for her birthday and loves it.) Every time we have been in Target since her birthday she always picks up a pink mit that is just her size. Charlie - in try daddy fashion - thought it would be nice treat for us to bring that home to her, so a trip to Target on the way home was in order. (She loved her surprise by the way.) We finally made it home at about 3 or so. And while watering the grass, Addison thought it would be fun to have daddy spray her with the hose - or daddy thought it would be fun to spray her with the hose. I am still not sure who started this "water fight." But by the time they were done, she was literally dripping wet.
On Friday, Addison's friend Cally came over. Cally's family is moving to Montana at the end of this week so this we knew this would be the last time that we would get to play with Cally and her mom, Kris. Our neighbors across the street have a pool and they generously offered to let us use their pool while they were out of town over the weekend. Kris and I took the girls over and swam for an hour or so - Charlie was there too. After, the girls played in Addie's room while Kris and I sat and visited. We will miss them a lot. Once they left, it was nap time. And it was a great nap. Charlie grilled burgers that night that were fabulous and than we hit the pool again! That night Charlie and I watched a movie together, which hardly ever happens anymore. (We watched "The King's Speech.")
Saturday included more swimming across the street, grilling hot dogs for lunch, another FABULOUS nap, going to the park with Addison and grilling chicken for dinner. (Yes! We grilled a lot this weekend.) Saturday night's movie was "Swing Vote." It was on tv and neither one of us had seen it.
On Sunday morning, we had to be responsible and do a little housework since it had been a few days since we had done anything. Luckily, that didn't take long. We have another friend who also has a pool who was also out of town this weekend, who also gave us permission to use it. We headed over there Sunday and spent almost all of the early afternoon swimming. It was fun and made more fun when another family from the squadron showed up too. The Synder's have a daughter a year older than Addison so she had someone else to play with at the pool other than mom and dad. Swimming was followed by another refreshing nap, more grilling, and family TV time. That night Chuck set up the tent in the living room and he and Addison "camped" in the living room. Addison LOVED it so we have high hopes that outdoor camping is in our future...
By Monday, I think we were all getting a little bit of cabin fever. So we packed a picnic lunch and headed out. I had never been down "30A" - a scenic route here in the panhandle that sits between PCB and Destin. We headed down there and decided to have our picnic at Grayton Beach State Park. Addison talked about the picnic all the way there but didn't eat a thing when we got there. We got home pretty late in the afternoon and Addison fell asleep in the car. She didn't wake up when we got home so we Chuck and I decided to lay down too. We all slept until 5:30! Once up, we took Addison out to pop some pop its we had bought for her and she had a great time. Reminded me so much of my brother who loved pop it's when we were little. While she was out there, Charlie was grilling dinner and was asked by his daughter to get out her beach chair. He set it up for her and while she was sitting there, she informed her daddy she was waiting for the fireworks. We had been going back and forth on taking her to the fireworks but once she said this, we knew we had to take her. We figured if we didn't she would be heartbroken and wouldn't stop talking about fireworks until next year. So after dinner, we packed up and headed down to 5th Street park in Lynn Haven. In the past we have gone to the beach, but because Addie had school this morning, we didn't want to be out that late. She loved the fireworks and we topped the night off with ice cream when we got home.
Addie got to bed really late last night and I was so worried that getting her up for school this morning would be a nightmare. Turns out though, that she got me up this morning. She really loves her school.
I am sure you have noticed by now that we didn't go to the beach at all this weekend. Well, we went to Grayton Beach park, but didn't venture onto the beach itself - we just stayed in the picnic area. Grayton Beach is also in another county. The simple explanation for this is that all the beaches in Bay County where we live have water warnings right now. There is "fecal" matter in the water and officials adivse people to stay out of the water until further notice. Total bummer for the weekend as we probably would have spent a lot of time there this weekend. However, it turned out to be a great weekend - with or without the beach.
Even though our weekend was very low key, I hope everyone else had as great of weekend as we did. I also hope you were able to reflect on why we celebrate the day in the first place. As Addison would say "Happy Birthday, Ametita!"
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