Happy 4th!

Chris and I brought the girls up to Vermilion for the holiday weekend.  Grandma Parmentar and I took the girls to play on the nearby playground yesterday morning, while dad and Grandpa went golfing.  After naps we headed to the local pool (conveniently about a three minute walk from the house), and let M and L take their first swim in a real pool.  They had a ball, although Mom nearly had a heart attack when they fell and went under a few times.  Surprisingly, there were no tears, just big laughs each time it happened.  I'm sure I looked like a crazy woman flailing over to the child under water each time trying to grab them as quickly as possible.  Grandma just coolly reached over and lifted them right up.  I guess after going through raising two boys already, you just know how to react more calmly/sanely!  Anyway, the girls loved the water.  They splashed around, played with boats, and floated on their rafts.  After a few hours (and a little swim time with dad after he joined us) we finally drug M and L out of the water and headed home for dinner.  Today has been a pretty lazy day- plenty of time playing outside, more food on the grill this evening, and a trip to Dairy Dock for ice cream.  Isn't that what summer is all about?