We started off the day by taking a drive to Munden Point Park where we played around in the water and enjoyed the beautiful weather. Brooke talked the whole way home while eating Cheerios, only to fall asleep just outside our neighborhood. After a nap for Brooke, playing around the house and then buying Brooke some new shoes, Laura treated us all to some gelato – – Brooke enjoyed some too. It was a great family day.
Today we went down to the pool and got to hang out. Brooke liked wearing Dad’s sunglasses; she looks better in them anyway.
In Chesapeake they have Independence day celebrations on July 3rd so that city employees can be home with their families on July 4th. We wanted to show Brooke the fireworks this year since it was a special occasion and planned accordingly by having her take two long naps (4.5 hours total) so she could stay up a bit later. I also bought her a cute new dress. We went to a friends BBQ where she had a good time playing with their two dogs and all the other children and then we went to Chesapeake City Park. Brooke loved clapping her hands as the army band played music; specifically during ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’. She also had lots of fun walking around and interacting with all the people there. When the fireworks started she wasn’t afraid but was mesmerized. After a while though it started getting loud and she enjoyed the rest of the show being held by myself and Laura.
We love living in Chesapeake. There is always something fun going on for our family to go do. During the summer one of our favorite things to do is going to the Towne Place Concerts on Friday evening where they have live music. This year Brooke can now run around and really enjoy herself, which she did tonight.
Today we went to the pool for an afternoon swim, but it began to storm so we left for home. Brooke wanted to continue to play in the water though, so we splashed around in the rain having a good time.
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