Lampton Days!

Our neighborhood has the biggest neighborhood party I've ever heard of! The 29th Annual Lampton Days started on Friday night with a softball game. Lyman played and the rest of us watched, until the thunderstorm drove us away. We missed the outdoor movie due to sleepiness. Saturday morning was the 5k bike/run/walk. Lyman and DJ biked the course, while Amanda (in the stroller) and I did a 1 mile version of the walk.
Then there was a flag raising ceremony in which DJ participated with fellow Cub Scouts.

Breakfast is served immediately after the flag raising.
This year's parade theme was "Go Hawaiian". There are lots of bicycles and ATVs and a police car and grand marshall and sometimes a firetruck.Then there are games for different age groups - usually involving lots of water. Sno cones are lots of visiting happen in the afternoon.Dinner includes a dessert contest. The dinner is served on our street, so we had about 40 people on our lawn enjoying the shade.An outdoor dance takes up a whole cul-de-sac. And finally the event ends with fireworks. Whew!
P.S.(We have two houses for sale in our neighborhood if you are looking for a great place to live!)

Playing in the Shower

Today was the hottest day we've had this year. I'm holding out on not turning on the air conditioning (I have this desire to acclimate to my natural environment) until absolutely necessary (I am 6 months pregnant).

Anyway, the kids came in from playing outside and looked half-baked. I told them to get their swimming suits on and they got all excited. Then I put them all in the large shower we have and they played rain shower.

There was singing and dancing and bonding that they don't normally all get while getting clean, being of two genders and different ages. It was as fun as running through the sprinklers, without the risk of mosquitos!