The big event on Thursday was the Independence Day parade at school! We all had to wear red, white, and blue to school and then we all paraded around in the parking lot to celebrate America’s birthday!
Mom picked me up from school a bit earlier than usual, but we ran into pretty bad traffic on the way home. Dad was there waiting for us and with my dinner ready. After I ate, Mom and Dad packed up all my stuff and we all hopped in the car and headed to Dow! I fell asleep about 20 minutes into the drive and was out like a light until we got to Grandma and Grandpa Droste’s. Everyone was so excited to see me and we ended up having an impromptu dance party at 12:30 AM! Needless to say, I didn’t have a typical night’s sleep. I actually couldn’t fall sleep in my crib and — for the first time ever — I slept with Mom & Dad in their bed!
Finally at 5:45, Mom and I got up (Dad slept in) and we hung out with Aunt Claire. Dad got up and we all went to Shake & Steak for breakfast with Great Uncle Michael and Great Grandpa Harris. In this case “all” included one more person than usual: Aunt’ Sarah’s boyfriend, Dustin, is spending the weekend at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s, too. (I saw him at my midnight dance party, but was a bit too tired to remember.) I got to sit right across from him at breakfast and he was really nice to me!
Toward the end of breakfast (after I had been running around the restaurant, even almost into the kitchen!), I had a dirty diaper. Normally, that would have been fine, but Mom & Dad forgot to bring diapers down to Dow, so Dad and I ran to Target, bought some diapers, and he changed me in the Target bathroom. I got back all happy and dry. It was good to hear Great Grandpa’s imitation of Donald the Duck!
When we got home, I was exhausted and Dad put me down for nap very easily. After I woke up and had lunch, we went to Great Grandma Droste’s. She was really excited to see me! I like her house because it has ramps, toys, and all kinds of new things I’m not used to.
After my afternoon nap I was really fussy. I pretty much refused dinner and cried all the way through my bath with Grandma Droste. Once I got to sleep, I slept all the wy through the night
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