The neighborhood had a cookout at lunchtime. Nathan needed a nap so I took the kids to the cookout and the playground. Here's Amelia in her dress made by my friend, Leisa. Our intention was for the kids to take later naps, so Seth could stay up for the fireworks, but he played in his room for two hours.
After Amelia's nap, we went to the pool. There were all sorts of contests during pool breaks, and when we got there, enough men had been talking junk that they decided to have an adult 50Free race. It didn't take much for me to twist Nathan's arm to race:
The guy in the green is the swim team coach and in college. As you can see, Nathan smoked him (and everyone else...of course Nathan and the coach were the only two sober ones in the race). He was the talk of the pool for the next hour! (And I'm pretty sure has found himself a place on the swim team staff once Seth is old enough to join.)
Seth's swim team days may come sooner than we think...he is getting better in the water every day. He will swim with his head under water in the baby pool, and Nathan let him go off the diving board yesterday. Loved it! Maybe by Labor Day we will be float-free around here. 
Nathan bought some sparklers and wimpy fireworks that he shot off in the driveway pre-dusk. Seth with his first sparkler (don't-move-Seth-drop-it-if-it's-too-hot-mommy-works-in-a-children's-hospital!):
Amelia went to bed at her normal time, Seth saw the very first fireworks on PBS's programming and was asleep by 9:15. We can just barely see some of Tanglewood's fireworks over the trees in the neighborhood. I'm pretty sure Nathan and I were asleep by 10:30. Just another wild holiday for the Mayses, ha!
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