4th of July Celebrations

The lake is very different with a 2 year old...Hudson is wanting to be "outside" all day long!  He is so fun to play with!  The first thing we spotted at the lake were some butterflies on the beach.

2 means we are very busy, busy, busy!  Even though we spent almost every waking moment outside playing, Hudson enjoyed sitting on his chair looking at the lake and watching the boats...with his sword of course:).

Then we went for a boat ride, well 1 each day.  By day 3 Hudson let me stop singing "Jack and Jill".  He was quite scared of the boat, motor, and the dock...because the dock means you have to go on the boat.  Ha.  So we put him on the boat 3 days in a row so he would get used to it.  

Play time!  I LOVE that he is finally wearing his Mickey hat from Disneyland.  He wore it quite often this weekend so I took many, many pictures with it on him.  So cute!

As the sun came out, we needed some water.  Since Hudson didn't want to sit on the sand or be near the water, we filled up the buckets!

Look at that view, and Mickey ears:).

Gigi and Gpa came up for the day to celebrate.  Gigi makes a famous deviled egg so Papa always requests it and boy is it mmm good!

Gigi likes to share her whip cream with Hudson.  He likes it almost as much as his mom:).

Hudson learned that he can hear the ocean through Mater.  So funny!  He did this all on his own!

All the sudden we are quite attached to Beary again.  He has to have snack with us at the moment.

Then we were back outside, chillin.

Papa, let me help you clean up.  

This year I made a flag cake.  So good!  

Hudson is holding up his 2 fingers to say that he is 2.  The funny part is its his pinky and ring finger.

Then on Sunday we headed to our "lake friends" place for a potluck celebration.  Angela is talking to Hudson about the boats on the water.  

The men checking out the water.

MMM, dessert

Let's go for a walk

A new favorite game

His shirt says Mr. Independent:).  Reading his favorite Thomas book.

Daddy, doing what he does best, studying:(.

Later on Uncle Daryl & Aunt Tiff came over on the Jet Skis and brought Huddy a super soaker.  This was a lot of fun!!!  His face says it all!  LOVE this pic!  Thanks guys!

Our trip ended with a wonderful meal at Cavanaugh Bay, our favorite!  We had to bribe him to get on the boat with some ice cream:).  I'm a great parent, ha.  While we were there, 2 planes flew over and landed at the airport behind us.  Hudson thought this was SUPER cool.  He kept saying "I saw the airport" over and over.  It was a fabulous time.  

Thanks for another fabulous weekend at Priest Lake parents!