4th of July

Went to Joe Pool Lake for the 4th of July. Pa Pa and Gram had their RV at a campsite, the Grunewalds were present, Donna, Kay's sister Eleanor. We brought Kole's little pool, so most of the time was spent in it - since the temperature was anywhere from 100 to 102 degrees throughout the day. Kole spent the entire day either splashing in the water, trying to climb in or out of the pool, or trying to free himself of Riley's grasp. The combination of heat and activity brought forth a level of physical exhaustion that is easy to qualify at this point as the most in his life. This was verified when he came home, ate and drank everything in sight Kathy put around him then was PASSED OUT in bed by 7:45pm. The previous night he was wound up till past 9pm. So after his 7:45 sleep time, he stayed crashed until just past 9:15am this morning!! Thirteen-plus hours of solid, uninterrupted sleep!! The kid was WORN OUT! I took a picture of him in his crib at 8:30 (about an hour past his normal wake up time) and the flash and camera noise didn't phase him.
Exactly one year after taking his first bath (there's an entry here if you care to dig far enough back) he had another eventful day in the water. No fireworks this year. Not even for mom. The convenience of the Joe Pool Lake campsite (Cedar Hill State Park) was that it was 7 miles from our driveway, so Kathy took him home to go to bed instead of trying to set up his Pack-n-Play crib in 102 degree heat (the RV had constant in-and-out traffic, preparing dinner, etc.) and expecting him to get any sort of sleep - only to be transfered to the house shortly afterwards anyways. We stuck around to watch the City of GP fireworks show at the lake - one of its lamest in years. Long day, lots of fun.
Photos: Patriotic Kole; Reagan, Kole and Riley in the pool; hour #13 of solid sleep the next morning.