Fourth of July

After several days at the cottage it was finally the big holiday. Breakfast was followed by the offical making of the flag cake for our lunchtime dessert. Then we walked down a few blocks to the main street for the DeTour Village parade. We got lots and lots of candy! It was a warm day so we didn't do much else except some grilling for dinner but it was a fun day.

That morning I started out the day by taking some photos of Megan since she was turning 4 months old on July 5th. Chloe joined in and was all too happy to pose with the flag cake! By the way, I make my flag cake with homemade almond pound cake, sweetened strawberries in the middle, topped with homemade whipped cream, decorated with strawberries, and blueberries.

By then it was time to leave for the parade. Megan's little ears didn't like hearing the sirens of the firetrucks when they'd go by, so we put on some noise-cancelling headphones so she would be less stressed. Otherwise I think she liked watching the action.  Chloe seem to enjoy people throwing candy at her :-)

That afternoon Megan got her first taste of real food. We gave her a few bites of baby bananas. I don't think any actually stayed in her mouth and she said it tasted sour :-)

We ended the day with Nathan setting off some bigger fireworks. I only caught the end of them but they were pretty cool!

Final Days Up North

We didn't spend much time at the cottage on Thursday. Late morning we went over on the car ferry and spent a little time on Drummond Island.  Then that night for dinner we went to Raber Bar about 20 miles away in the little town of Goetzville. It was crazy hot so we weren't there long. I actually took most of my dinner home because I was too hot to eat! (Now *that's* hot!)

Friday was our last full day Up North :-(  We hadn't made it out to any of the scenic spots along the highway (little inlets where you can walk and go in the water) so we made that our top priority for the morning. Megan stayed at the cottage with her grandma so Nathan and I could take Chloe. Nathan's brother, sister-in-law (plus her parents), niece, and nephew were also there.

Chloe was in heaven and was very "reluctant" to leave when it came time. We'll have to spend more time at The Scenic in future years!

Saturday morning we packed up the car and headed home from our week. It was sad to leave since it was so nice to be away from work and the daily grind. We had a good trip home, though, and enjoyed sleeping in our own beds that night.

Last stop before home! A rest area where we could change diapers and let Chloe run off some steam.