July 4th!

What a great Fourth we had! It took us a while to get going, but decided to go to Saylorville and try out the waverunner. Becky had a blast playing in the sand and water. Al and I had fun out on the waverunner. We both took it out twice, and our friend Dawn even took it out once. It worked the entire time! We had no problems! YEAH!!! What a fun day! Becky even made it to a fireworks show. She wasn't sure she liked them, but it was short enough that she took turns sitting with Al and I and was okay. Our buddy Drake Boeding fell asleep. 10:00 is pretty late for the little ones!

playing with Abbey McGuire

Zach McGuire taking a turn!

I love helping you sweep, Mom! Becky just had to take a turn with the broom! She's so funny!
She even posed for some of these pictures. It's been a while since she's done that. I was pretty excited!

This is a testament to how much your kids watch you every moment and absorb everything they see. This morning I was putting Becky's clothes away in her room, and she was just playing. She got her wipes out of the drawer, sat down on the floor and pulled one out. She then put the container back in the drawer. Then she started "wiping off" the chair and footstool in her room. I was reminded of how I'm constantly cleaning in the kitchen with the Clorox wipes. I'm sure this is where that came from. I even showed her where it was dirty so she could wipe it off. Tee Hee! Maybe one of these days she'll enjoy really cleaning and then I won't have to do it : )