Once back from my excursion, we ate breakfast. As soon as we were finished with breakfast, Celie asked, "can we catch a whopper?" "We have to get dressed first," was my reply. So, as the girls were getting dressed, Aunt Sue & Uncle Tom came to hang out with us for the day. We all went outside to see Celie catch a whopper. They fished for a while and then Bob asked Celie if she wanted to go for a boat ride.
Uncle Tom was trying to help Celie put on her life vest for the ride. Bob was on the dock and I was taking pics from the lake end of the dock. Anna had decided that she had had enough and was trying to pass Uncle Tom & Celie on the dock - there wasn't much room and I told her "No, Anna. No, wait." I saw her step off the dock between the paddle boat & the dock. My heart sank as fast as she did in the water. Bob straddled the water between the boat and the dock and swooped down and grabbed her out of the water. She had been completely under. She was soaked. Everyone was getting off the dock. Water was pouring off of Anna and she finally began to cry. It seemed like the longest 3 seconds of my life. I waddled quickly inside and got towels to dry her off and calm her down. After about 20 minutes, she was finally fairly calm. We remained inside for a little while after that incident while Bob took Celie on a boat ride.
Bob and Celie heading out for their boat ride.
After their boat ride, we had lunch and then decided to head outside for some more fun. We didn't want Anna to be afraid of the dock after her incident. And she wasn't. As soon as she was outside, she headed for the dock. She walked carefully and we all made sure to pay attention to where she was at all times.
However, she did want to take the big rocks off of the shore and throw them into the lake. That was not allowed. So, she had a challenge with that. So, I decided to go in and get some ice cubes. I figured that was a lot less damaging.
However, one bowl of ice turned into many bowls. I don't think that Anna can make up her mind which hand to throw with. She has a decent arm with both as proof of this video clip of the girls throwing ice with Aunt Sue - audio is of Uncle Tom.
My mom came around mid afternoon. We also had visits from Scott & Shannon Janezcek with their 7 month old son Ethan. My dad & Pat came over too and we started the B-day dinner grill for our dinner of bbq chicken, munchies and cole slaw. I didn't go over board with the food because we had plenty of cake and ice cream coming up as well.
After dinner, our friends Shaun & Jeff Ormsby stopped by with their kids, Eva, 3 & Lydia, 14 weeks. We then decided it was time for cake & ice cream.
Anna's cake.
Yes, we went with a Tinkerbell theme for her b-day because that is what she is going to be for Halloween. However, I think that she is going to get renamed - Stinkerbell.
Here are 2 different videos. One of us singing happy b-day to her. Don't cringe at the vocals too much, especially you, Uncle Mike. And the other is Anna trying to blow out her candle - after it was re-lit.
A campfire was the nightcap event of the day. We were all too full from the cake and ice cream so we didn't make s'mores, but we thought about it.
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