Relaxin' on the Lake

One of the great things about having a small child is that they force you to slow down. Slow down and step away from cleaning the house, doing the laundry, working in the yard and all of that "responsible adult" stuff. Of course, on the flip side, your house is a mess and you have no clean clothes, right?

This summer we've gone out on the lake (Lake Lanier) more then we have in past few years. I can honestly say that it has been so relaxing. We put the boat in the water in the morning, spend the day tubing, swimming, eating snacks and swimming some more. Rarely, have we pulled the boat back out of the water earlier than 8:00 pm. I never thought I'd spend 12+ hours R-E-L-A-X-I-N-G!! It's so unlike me, you have no idea. I'm at the point now that I'm begging Keith to have the boat out and ready Friday afternoon so we can sneak in some time Friday night as well - just call me lake obsessed. Or maybe relaxation obsessed? :-)

Anyhoo... we spent 4th of July on the lake, but a few days prior to that Andrew had a parade at school. He was so darn proud of himself as he marched around the playground in his red, white and blue. He stood tall and proud and sang out "Happy Independence Day!" with the rest of his friends. And, of course, had a red, white and blue cupcake to celebrate afterwards. In Andrew's eyes, a party is not a party unless there are cakes and cupcakes.

Marching in the parade - he is the little guy in the middle with the striped shirt.

Walking tall and proud

Yummmmmmmm... a cupcake!

And then, I see this and think "Who decided a cupcake with 5 pounds of icing was a good idea?!? My child is out of control!"

Enjoying the lake on the 4th of July

"One, two, three, KABOOZA" (what Andrew yells before he jumps - don't ask me!)

Waiting for the fireworks at the north side of the lake

If I haven't mentioned it, Andrew has no fear in the water. It's not something I'm too happy about although I suppose it's a good and bad thing. As soon as a class opens up, he's going straight to swim lessons. I'm so fearful of his fearlessness that I won't even let him walk on the docks at the restaurants we stop at without his life vest. He's likely to see a fish he wants to "pet" and jump right on in. As you can see in the pictures below, he and I "tubed". We didn't go fast at all but that was my choice, not his. If it was up to him, we'd be hitting the wake at mach speed!

Na-Na-Nah-Boo-Boo... you can't knock us off!

A Mama and her baby

Double Trouble!

This year, Alex has started wakeboarding. I think he tried it a while ago but did some kneeboarding instead. Keith bought him a wakeboard and low and behold, the kid is a natural. He just makes it look so easy. If I was to try that, just once, I would be flat on my back and unable to move for weeks on end. He showed off his moves by coasting back and forth across the wake and even did a jump. I was seriously impressed!

Well, I'm off to bed! Tomorrow is Friday and, ya see, the sooner I go to sleep, the sooner it will be Saturday and I'll be RELAXING on the lake again! :-)

Hope you all are having as awesome of a summer as we are!

Love,
Becky

P.S. Does anyone else get completely irritated trying to upload/post/move around pictures in blogger?? As you notice, this whole thing is centered because blogger would NOT cooperate. There's got to be an easier way to do this.