Daddy's Painting

Since Daddy got his new office he's been saying he needs new art work to replace something ugly on his wall. He came up with idea of having me paint a canvas so he could hang it in his office instead. I started with blue paint.

I wasn't really sure what to think when I saw blue paint on my body!

The next day I added green.

I figured out that I can paint myself. I started with just a little paint from my finger. Then I looked at Mommy and said, "I paint Ava!" I had fun painting my belly!

Here's the finished painting. Daddy's gotten a lot of compliments about it so far!

Happy 4th!

Happy 4th of July! Since all of our festivities were yesterday, we just hung out all day.

Daddy went golfing and Mommy and I went over to KK's. Her subdivision has a little bike parade on the 4th. Nonna and Papa came to watch too.

They decorated a golf cart to lead the kids in the parade. After the parade I went home and played in my pool.



Fireworks

Saturday night we went to the fireworks in Sturtevant. I took a little nap and Mommy and Daddy woke me up so we could go. I stayed in my jammies so I'd be comfy! We were able to park the Jeep in a parking lot and sit right behind it to watch.

I started in my own chair but moved to Daddy's lap when some people near us did some of their own fireworks. It was a little loud so I felt better sitting with Daddy. I really liked the fireworks. Independence day festivities are a lot of fun!

Parade

On Saturday afternoon we went to the Kenosha parade. Walgreens sposored he parade this year, so we sat in Library Park where they had reseved seats for us. It was a great place to sit because I could run around the park while we waited for the parade to start. There was an advertising airplane flying in the sky that I kepy my eye on. Everytime I saw it I said, "I see an airplane!"

Grammy and Grampy Zarletti came with us to the parade too. Papa drove them in their van and we met them at the parade. Grammy's scooter was decorated!

Grampy was content to sit back further so he could keep his foot up.

These motorcycles were my favorite! When they went past I clapped and said, "Yeah, motorcycles!"

We knew we had VIP seats for the parade, but we didn't know they were up in the announcer stand! We were elevated and could see everything perfectly!

I also really liked the police cars and fire trucks!

My swimming teacher, Diver Dan, was even in the parade! He's driving the truck. He is in charge of the Kenosha dive squad that gets called out when recoveries need to be made. He was Mommy and KK's swimming teacher too!

I loved clapping and cheering for everyone in the parade!

KK was in the parade too! This cute old guy drove the car she and another store manager rode in.

The Kenosha County Sheriff's Dept. walked through the parade. The third guy from the left holding the American flag is Mommy's cousin, Joe. He had a hard time keeping a straight face when Mommy yelled at him!

I LOVED the parade and am excited to see it again next year!

SPLASH!!

Saturday was HOT so I cooled off in my pool.

I practiced blowing bubbles like I do at swimming lessons.

Lights Out!

On Thursday night while we were at swimming lessons we noticed the sky over the lake looked really bad. Typically we don't see the sky look that bad to the east. A little while after we got home it got really, really windy! Our power flickered a little bit and then went out completely at 8:00 Thursday night. Mommy and Daddy called WE Energies at 9:00 and again at 11:30 and were told each time that the power should be restored within an hour. When we woke up Friday morning we were still without power. Daddy went to work and Mommy and I packed up and headed over to KK's house because it was suppose to be 95 degrees! Mommy met Uncle Steve at our house a little later because he brought us a generator to plug our fridge into so our food wouldn't spoil. We hung out at KK's for most of the morning and then came back home. We still didn't have power so Mommy cut me this HUGE piece of paper to color on.

Here is the finished product! Our power came back on a little before 11:00 AM on Friday. We were without power for about 15 hours. We were thankful ours came back on so quickly! One of Mommy's high school English teacher lives across the street from Lake Michigan is still without power today.

It wasn't until Friday morning that we realized how severe the storm was. The storm came in off the lake, which is pretty uncommon for us during the summer. Winds reached 125 MPH by the lake and did serious damage to trees, homes and power lines. The area right near the lake was hit the hardest. The emergency sirens never went off either! Saturday morning we took a little walk down by the lake and were shocked at the damage. Trees went through some people's homes and garages. Many of the mature trees in the parks by the lakes were completely uprooted taking several feet of grass and sidewalk squares with it. Mommy took a couple pictures of just one tree.

We walked up on the rocks by the lake to look at the lake.

4th of July Flip Flops

Mommy made these flip flops for her, Nonna and KK to wear on the 4th of July. She couldn't find a pair or red or white flip flops for me. Maybe I'll get some next year.