Logan's 1st 4th of July

At the very last minute, Wednesday the 1st we decided to join one of our friends and his family up their their families log cabin in upper (Northwoods) Wisconsin - close to Lake Superior.  After I packed like a madwoman on Thursday while John was at work, we drove up 8 hours to our destination.  Buddy was invited as well - which was a huge reason we were able to go so last minute.  So there were 3 kids under the age of 2 and a dog.  :)

Friday evening we took their boat out on the lake to watch a huge fireworks display another family  puts on every year - there were over 100 boats chillin in the lake ready for the fireworks.  We brought Buddy with us on the boat as well - hindsight, he probably could've stayed back.  There were several quarter sticks that went off and were very loud and startled him - John was in charge of keeping him calm.  I was in charge of Logan - who was in his lifevest and all snuggly and loved every second of the fireworks (like his mom).  There were several platforms shooting off fireworks - including one behind us.  Every so often the one behind us shot off and Logan's head would turn to see those pretty colors....it was cute.  He was very calm throughout all the noise.  When the quarter sticks would go off, he would kick his legs as if to say it kind of scared him, but not enough to cry.  :)

On the 4th, we all attended a Pancake breakfast, then walked a few blocks to catch the parade - Logan's first parade and he loved that too!  He enjoyed waving a little American Flag (which clearly said it was Made in China.....seriously).  I took it away when he started to find it delicious.  :)  We saw many floats and clowns and firetrucks - it was great!  Then we attended a big picnic with the townsfolk.  :)  It was really nice.  After we were all fed and saw all we needed to see, we headed back to the cabin and hung out on the boat and dock for the rest of the afternoon.  

I don't know who had more fun - us, or Buddy!  Their cabin overlooks a TON of trees then goes down to the lake.  Buddy roamed and roamed and roamed.  The first day he got 3 ticks (ick!!!) but we got rid of those and he was fine the rest of the time.  Then when we went down to the lake, Buddy swam and swam and swam.  Oh he loved it.  We tried to get him to jump off the dock, but unless pushed (which we did to him twice - probably scarred him) he just went down a couple boardwalks and jumped in that way!  He retrieved frisbees, sticks, balls...you name it!

Sunday we went into town (complete with wi-fi and cell phone connection....ahhhh) and shopped in a couple little shops.  Buddy came with us there as well and was loved by many passer-by's.  He did great too; he didn't jump on a sole or over-lick them.  :)  We left on Monday (the only day I had icky morning sickness, naturally).  

We had such a great time - it was nice to get away!  :)