We spent the 4th of July at the river this year with my parents. Even though the 4th was a cooler, rainy day we still had a great time boating on the 5th! Madison absolutely loved playing on the beach in the sand!
Madison all dressed up in her 4th of July outfit having fun with Grandpa eating her favorite thing, a stick of cheese! She thought it was the greatest thing ever to sit in the chair and have Grandpa tip her backwards. This girl is definitely going to be a huge roller coaster fan!
Madison with her monkey purse. She was recently become obsessed with purses!
We went to a parade late morning. It was raining on us a little bit, but it didn't seem to bother Madison. She enjoyed watching. Actually she missed her morning nap because my mom and I were in the backseat of the car with her, which means she will not fall asleep for fear of missing something! So she was pretty tired at the parade and just enjoyed laying back in someone's arms and watching the parade the whole time.
Madison thought it was fun to drive the boat. She would sit on my lap while we were driving the boat down the road to go back the motel and even sat on Grandpa's lap out in the river. You can tell she is very observant. Without being told anything she just grabs the wheel and starts turning it back and forth and then reaches over to grab the gearshift. She knows what she is doing!
Madison's favorite part of the trip was definitely sitting on the beach and playing in the sand. She would sit there forever and just play. Next time I need to buy and bring a big beach umbrella so she can at least be shaded. She was such a huge mess when she was done though! With the sunscreen, water, and sweat, she was covered in sand head to toe! I kept putting more sunscreen on her because I didn't want her to burn, but it was impossible to get all the sand off so it all got mixed in. The even more fun part was the fact that she refused to wear her hat so I eventually gave up trying and put sunscreen on her head and in her hair. That was a huge mess!!
The funniest part of the trip was when we were getting ready to go home. I had Madison in the basement of our motel in one of their little showers (we had already checked out, but they have two showers outside of rooms that we get to go back in and shower) because I needed to at least attempt to hose some of the sand off her before we took her on the long car ride home. Once I got her out of the shower I wanted to get myself dressed first because I thought I might need to go out in the hall and have help with her because the bathroom had tile flooring and was pretty small to try and lay Madison down to put her diaper on. While I was taking a whole 30 seconds to get dressed she grabbed her diaper off the toilet, shoved it in my face and kept yelling at me. I couldn't figure out what she was doing until she then peed on the floor. Earlier that week she had also went and gotten me a diaper right before she peed. I guess she is telling me that she is ready to be potty trained! This should be an interesting task, especially since she really doesn't talk yet!
