Holiday Weekend

We were riding a high all week following our fun-filled long holiday weekend. And we leave for Florida in two days, so there’s no need to rejoin reality just yet.

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We celebrated July 4th with a trip to a local arts festival.

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The setting was pure Americana. White tents and food booths lining the lake.

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Red, white, and blue popsicles; berry pie and vanilla ice cream; funnel cake coated in powdered sugar.

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And live music over the water.

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Sam loved it — the food, the entertainment, the energy.

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Though he didn’t quite make it back to the car before passing out in his stroller.

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The next day we headed to Idlewild with some friends, and I do believe Sam thought we had entered toddler heaven.

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I visited Idlewild with my parents over 25 years ago, and some things were exactly as I remembered. Like Story Book Forest.

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In fact, I have this same photo of me and my brother as kiddos. Oh, the memories.

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Despite the hot, hot, hot day, the boys did great.

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And Sam rode his first amusement park ride. I’m pretty sure he loved it more than Mommy and Daddy — I believe we’re too old for rides that go round and round and round.

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But the absolute highlight of the day was the choo choo train. Honestly, I have never seen Sam so excited. When he heard the whistle and spotted the train approaching the station, he squealed and clapped and screamed “yay!”

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Look at that smile. Gosh, I love him and his enthusiasm.

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Again, we kept the kid out past his naptime. But it was well worth it, especially when he fell asleep on my shoulder.

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The fun continued on Saturday with a neighborhood picnic. Sam loves our neighbors as much as they love him.

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And there was a bounce house!

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We played and ate. And played and ate some more. And we all slept extremely well that night.

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Finally, we capped off the weekend with a certain Momma’s 31st birthday! We enjoyed breakfast, followed by outlet shopping.

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And later that night, Nick and I went out for dinner and a movie.

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I think we may have a new favorite restaurant: The Headkeeper!

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Lobster pizza. Oh my.

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I love my boys, and I love the weekend we spent together. I suspect 31 is going to be a good year.

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