Monthly Archives: July 2014

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Family Kayak Day at Coonamessett Pond


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We took our double kayak out for the first paddle of the season. We loaded up the kids and drove out to Coonamessett Pond. We started with the kids in the front cockpit of the double and me paddling in the back cockpit. Allison was paddling my kayak. That configuration worked pretty well for a little while before the kids decided that they did not want to sit together or rather Andrew didn’t want to sit still. He also wanted to paddle with Allison, in the blue (my) kayak. He wouldn’t sit still so we moved him to the boat with Allison. This wasn’t ideal so we found a place to land and Allison took the double and I got into the single. Both kids were still in the front until Andrew decided to crawl from the front to the back while we were out on the water. Nobody fell in so I think it was a successful trip.

We hit the beach later in the afternoon and when we got home Allison told me that I had some messages from our friends. We had invited them to watch the fireworks tomorrow night. Our messages got crossed and they were on their way to us tonight. It was actually great that they came tonight because we were able to spend some good time together and have a nice night.

They arrived and it was time for Eva to go down the street to put on her concert for the neighbors. She didn’t get to perform her song at the Fourth of July parade yesterday so one of our neighbors invited her over to do a little concert in the backyard. So, we all went over and watched Eva. She did great. Each time she sings her song she gets better and better.

We had a nice cook out and then we took the kids to the duck pond. Four kids, four bags of bread and lots of geese, swans and ducks. There was one moment when the three girls were walking down the street hand in hand skipping. It was adorable.

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Rained Out Fourth of July


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Today, the fourth of July was rained out. The Falmouth Fireworks were postponed to July 6th (good decision) the neighborhood parade went on despite the rain (wish we knew it was happening sooner, but I’ll get to that). The day started with decent weather. It was going to be a bad day for weather so we made the most out of the good weather while we had it.

I brought the squirt guns back to the Cape and while Allison went shopping the kids and I had a squirt gun fight with my parents. It was nice because it was fun and everyone had a great time. Then Allison came back and told me that the parade was happening, right then and there. Eva was devastated. she planned to perform her song at the talent portion of the event. So, we got the kids into the wagon and ran over to the parade. We missed the whole pageant portion of the parade and caught up with the parade a couple streets over. I took a bunch of photos along the route. Eva was very sad about not being able to play her song. One of our neighbors offered for her to come over and play for them. That made her happier.

For the past ten years I’ve taken photos of this parade. This year I gathered up all of the photos and put them onto some USB drives to give to neighbors. Once the parade was over I culled out the good ones for this year and added them to the mix. Then I went to the different neighbors and gave them the photos that I had.