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rounding out our 4th of july weekend, we headed over to westland to a house that jessica is house-sitting at that just happens to have a pool and a trampoline.
this morning while getting ready for church hayden asked about going to jessica's "new house." i had to explain that it wasn't her house, she was just staying there to take care of someones dog while they weren't at home. to that he replied "they have a DOG TOO?!" as if the dog just took that house from great, to fantastic. a pool, trampoline and a dog?! insanity. what will they think of next?!
hayden couldn't wait to get in the pool and wasn't nearly as afraid as he was back in november of 2006 when we tried to get him to swim in aunt ruth and uncle jeff's pool in florida. he still has some major trust issues and thinks we're all just going to let him drown, but he did finally start trusting in the floaties on his arms. by the end of the day he was jumping from the top of the ladder and going under water. he'd swim back to the ladder and do it all over again.
the trampoline was a big hit too, but not as big of a hit as the pool. if only we could have jumped from the trampoline INTO the pool. now that would have blown hayden's mind.
it was pretty much the first time talan has been in a pool and he did really well. he had no problems just floating around in his floaty raft. he seems to have a few trust issues himself as he started to panic when dave picked him up and tried swimming with him.
the afternoon ended after hayden was jumping on the trampoline and bit his tongue so hard it was bleeding from several spots. when he saw blood on his leg (because of all of the screaming he was doing he had blood everywhere) he about passed out. i think he thinks if he bleeds he's minutes from death.
he obviously overreacted a bit because he was so tired. both of the boys fell asleep in the car on the way home and went to bed early tonite. after this crazy weekend we will be doing our best to get them back to their regular schedules in the next couple of days.
thanks, jessica and justin, for letting us come over and for helping to watch our kids. when we set up our pool we'll be sure to have you over.
*we have video but for some reason i can't get them to work on my computer. once i'm able to get dave to convert them from his computer to youtube i'll be sure to post them for all to enjoy.
not so sure about this:
a little better:
this is actually pretty nice:
hayden showing us you can never be too safe:
it didn't take too long for him to warm up to it:
splashin':
trading one floatation devise for another:
talan's first swim lesson. no screaming, but he certainly didn't love it:
talan's new hair:
he thought it was HILARIOUS:
justin teaching hayden how to swim:
he did like 50 laps, what do you expect?!:
dave continuing the lesson:
talan and justin. they like each other. a lot:
these three yappy dogs came running out yapping and talan stood by the fence yapping back:
i think they kind of look alike:
once he had swimming under his belt, he moved to jumping:
fun with goggles:
it took a little bit to talk him into doing this:
he was so proud that he actually did it:
jazz hand justin:
they were trying to "double bounce" each other:
a typical surfer, sucking in his gut and everything:
our lovely friend kelly invited us over to her new house on the 4th of july for a block party and some good 'ol fashioned neighborhood fireworks. since you can't really see them legally anywhere else, this is what ya gots ta do.
we went over to mom and dad's for a bbq earlier in the evening and then, naturally, played a game of catan. around 8ish...maybe even 8:30, we finally left for kelly's house.
we got there and hayden immediately wanted to ride on allison's scooter. he LOVED it and has been asking me for one ever since. so i'm sure i'll be looking into those in the next week.
we weren't there too long before the neighbors pulled out all of their fireworks. it was amazing. these people spent over $1500 on fireworks. i'd never do it, but hey, i'll sit there and enjoy all that money you spent.
this time talan was not contained in his stroller and he wanted to wander around. eventually allison held him and he became quite content in her arms. she seemed to love him and he loved her. and she informed us that very soon she will be an official babysitter. yeah!
we always love hanging out with kelly, allison, and dustin when he's there....and we hope to do it more often this summer!
thanks for having us over, guys!the scooter that he couldn't get enough of:
chillin':
looking up dave and hayden's noses: 
talan couldn't stop cuddling with dave's head. when his hat was off, talan would constantly rub his head and then he'd just lay his head on dave's:
notice the string of drool from his mouth to dave's ear:
allison and talan, i'd kill for that tan:
happy 4th of july!:
every year our friend melissa invites us over for her annual firework watching party on sylvan lake. last year was the first year that i was able to go but dave couldn't. so i packed up 4 year old hayden and 3 month old talan and we headed out for some firework fun.
we had a great time and were excited that we were able to go again this year with dave. this time even jessica and justin joined us. hayden seemed to remember it and even remembered melissa's cousins that he made fast friends with...unfortunately they weren't there but he had plenty of other things to keep him busy and happy.
melissa is a wonderful host and not only provided dinner before hand, but also had a whole bunch of bubbles and different bubble wands for the kids to play with. talan enjoyed sitting and chewing on a wand while swinging two others in each hand.
it's been awhile since i've used all of those old school bubble contraptions (we usually use the battery operated bubble machines because i'm lazy like that) so when i handed hayden the bubble pipe i couldn't remember how to use it. jessica, also not remembering our youth, did the same thing as i did and poured the bubbles directly into the pipe. hayden didn't seem to mind too much but jessica kept swallowing bubbles. what a dumb toy! we thought. until later when someone was helping the kids with bubbles and held out a cap with bubbles in it and told hayden to DIP THE PIPE INTO IT. oh yeah. that's how that works.
while talan continued to chew on bubble wands, dave, justin and hayden started playing soccer. a bit later several other kids came to join the fun. jessica even threw talan up on her shoulders and they started to play. hayden was ALMOST upset that he had to stop so we could walk over to the lake to see the fireworks.
i'm not sure why, but it seems like every city does their fireworks on the 1st, 2nd or 3rd of july. when the 4th comes around, if you actually want to see fireworks, it's hard to find a place that actually has them. very odd to me.
we ended up sitting in a field right in front of the community center which was apparently where they lit the fireworks off from right behind said community center. the field was really wet, and we were all soaked even though mom sent jessica with her american flag quilt for us to sit on.
the fireworks started, and not long after we realized just how close we were when we started getting hit by shrapnel and seeing embers fall slowly to the ground around us. jessica ended up getting something in her eye and i believe hayden got a little something in his eye as well. we heard a kid behind us tell his parents "i don't want it to fall on me, i'm allergic to burns." it was funny the first time but then the kid started milking it and said it another 50 times which made you want to see an ember fall on him.
thankfully the fireworks were interesting enough to keep talan in his stroller the entire time. he seemed to really enjoy them and he wasn't afraid of the noise at all...which was really very loud where we were sitting.
the grand finale was grand indeed. the sky ended up filling with smoke and you could really smell it. took us back to just last friday evening. we were beginning to think fire was following us.
we all had a good time and the whole walk back hayden was begging me to let him sleep over at "matthew's house" you mean melissa? "yeah, melissa's house." and minutes later melissa would be matthew again.
thanks for having us, melissa! we had a great time and hope to do it again next year! you may have wanted to sell your house, but we're sure glad you didn't!talan the one-man band:
good job, jessica!:
hayden loved making sound effects while popping bubbles. he did this half the nite....probably because i was basically pouring soap directly into his mouth with the pipe:
apparently hayden and justin were fighting over who could kick the grass:
what we came for:
the gang:
probably pointing out a falling ember that was headed right towards him:
he loves shoes. he does occasionally take them off, but usually he wants them on. weird, i know:
hayden and dave can't take their eyes off of the sky:
i remember something happening right as we were taking this picture, but i have no idea what it was. either way, i thought it was kinda funny. and, grandma was just complaining about me not being in any pictures. this is as good as it's gonna get!:
the grand finale:
takin' it all in:
a little better:
this is actually pretty nice:
hayden showing us you can never be too safe:
it didn't take too long for him to warm up to it:
splashin':
trading one floatation devise for another:
talan's first swim lesson. no screaming, but he certainly didn't love it:
talan's new hair:
he thought it was HILARIOUS:
justin teaching hayden how to swim:
he did like 50 laps, what do you expect?!:
dave continuing the lesson:
talan and justin. they like each other. a lot:
these three yappy dogs came running out yapping and talan stood by the fence yapping back:
i think they kind of look alike:
once he had swimming under his belt, he moved to jumping:
fun with goggles:
it took a little bit to talk him into doing this:
he was so proud that he actually did it:
jazz hand justin:
they were trying to "double bounce" each other:
a typical surfer, sucking in his gut and everything:
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