Fourth of July

We spent our Fourth of July/family vacation up at Grandpa Roger and Grandma EJ's house. While we were there we went to the Duluth Zoo. Mady absolutely loved the petting zoo and Momma and Daddy loved watching Mady get so excited about the animals. Momma's favorite parts of the zoo were seeing the Kookaburas and singing "Kookabura sits in the old gum tree..." to them (which I'm sure they've never heard before). Daddy's favorite part were the creepy bats that made lots of creepy bat noises.

Grandpa Roger took us and Uncle Terry out on the boat on Thursday night for a while. That was fun.

On the Fourth of July Grandma Sylvia and Grampy Lee came down to visit as well. We all went out on the pontoon for a trip around Island Lake. Mady slept... she seems to like to do that on pontoons. :)

Mady and Momma didn't make it out on the lake for the fireworks that night, Mady was in bed by 9 (her usual time) and I didn't want to wake/get her off her schedule.

The trip home was long, but it was nice to be away from home for a while.

While it was nice being away, it was wonderful to come home. Mady went around to each of her toys Sunday night when we got home and touched them all. Then she found her baby doll and kissed it over and over (more like sucking on its head, but you get the picture). She also was THRILLED to see Ella and walked back and forth on the futon cooing and screaming for Ella. :)