Lexi and Lillian's World....: Happy 4th of July!

Well, despite the morning weather of gray clouds (which did not look too promising), our afternoon/evening 4th of July pool party / celebration turned out to be a success and great fun. We spent time swimming, grilled hamburgers and hotdogs (and many other yummy side dishes), over-indulged on cake & ice cream (and fruit tart and cake balls), were entertained by John and PJ shooting off our "child friendly" fireworks and ended the evening watching the enormous firework show that our neighbors put on every year.

By the time we got Lexi and Mark out of the pool, fed and into their 4th of July t-shirts for pictures, Lexi wasn't too cooperative. We might have to stage a re-take. Here is the best 4th of July pic of them for 2009 (taken on my camera). And to prove that there were others present for our fun day, I have added a small selection of pics. I think the only people that I don't have pictures of is our friends PJ & Lisa! (...managed to get their gorgeous children Britton & Leyton)

No risk of drowning in the kiddie pool....

Lexi "turned the corner" on Saturday. Despite her normal reluctance to even stick a toe in the big pool, on Saturday, she was keen to get in and swim with me. I didn't dare get out of the water :) We stayed in for as long as she wanted which was probably 45 min or more. Then, she got in again twice more the same day!