Fourth of July weekend

What a wonderful perfect couple days. If only every weekend was three days. We did the annual Indian Hill parade with the family. Madeline scooped up more candy that she collected on Halloween, no joke. Followed the parade with swimming at Camp Lippert, grill out and lots of fun in the hot, hot sun.

We also packed in a trip to Kings Island (loving the season passes) and headed up to Ault Park for the first time for fireworks. We had an elaborate plan to deal with the crowds and parking, but ended up not needing to bother because Jon ended up staying home with Jonny. Poor kid has decided he doesn't want to sleep during the day so early evenings he gets a little upset from sleep deprivation :( So Madeline and I had a great time just her and Mommy. She was so excited and we got a great seat on the lawn.

This was taken early on and it got a LOT more crowded.

I wanted to take more pictures, but decided to just screw it and be in the moment with my girl. It was wonderful. So happy I got to experience that with her. The look on her face when the fireworks started going off I'll never forget!