4th of July Weekend

Dom has been mentioning (not begging, but close) the 'Puddle Golf' course frequently over the past few weeks. He says how much fun he thinks it would be, how we should go as a family, and how he thinks he could do really well at it. Well, we finally caved (on purpose) on the 4th of July. We took the kids to the mini-golf course in the heat! Thank god for sunscreen because we definitely needed it or the kids and I would've been fried! We had a great time. Sean won (of course), I did okay considering that I SUCK at golf, and Dom had a blast (which was the most important thing). I think Alli even had fun walking around with us and picking our balls out of the holes for us. Both kids were quite fascinated by the fact that I was the one who knocked my ball into the water and not either of them!

And, on the 4th later in the afternoon Dom did something VERY out of character. He went swimming in the pond (with a life jacket). Sean (in our raft) taught Dom how to float on his back and kick himself around. Dom spent nearly an HOUR in the water. I was freaking out from shore, but tried to keep it to myself. We were so proud of Dom. And, on a side note, he starts swimming lessons tonight all by himself in the pool (not the pond).

I held BOTH kids while we watched fireworks from the Lewiston Hill. They were okay, but probably won't go back. I prefer to be a little closer than we were. Dom was asleep before the fireworks started (and drooled all over my arm...). Alli stayed awake, but snuggled into me and pretended to sleep while I watched the show. They sure are good kids...I am going to miss being able to snuggle with them both at the same time when they are bigger.

Sean and I didn't do much exciting. Sean did get stung by hornets in BOTH feet. Even though he was already taking antihistamines for his allergies, his feel still swelled up so bad that you couldn't see the arches in his feet or that he had ankles. They wouldn't fit into his tennis shoes either. I informed him (as he informed my mom when she broke her foot) that we would have to put him down because we can't afford anymore foot injuries. He got a kick out of it! :P Oh, and he is fine now...still a little swollen, but pretty close to back to normal.

As for me. Nothing too crazy. I went to the library for the first time in like 8 years last Friday. I took the kids and we borrowed one dvd and three books. The picture book we borrowed for Dom is so far a family favorite. It is so hard that we are all three having trouble finding the objects! What else? I got to spend the entire weekend with three of my favorite people in the world...who could ask for anything more???