Air & Water Show

We went down to the lakefront to watch the Air & Water show. As we were looking for parking, Brooke squealed and hollered from the back of the car "BEACH! BEACH!" as soon as she spotted the lake. She was sure we were going swimming, which wasnt in the plan. The more excited she got, the more worried I got. It isnt very easy trying to rationalize with an (almost) 2-year-old. I was not looking forward to explaining to her that we would not be going in the water ... just sitting close to it.

We got out to the lakefront and set up a blanket and two chairs. She kept talking about the "beach" and "swimming". I tried to convince her to eat lunch, she said "no lunch. beach". So I pulled out the big guns: bubbles.

Luckily, the bubbles worked. She learned to blow them herself and was so thrilled she could hardly even think about anything else.

In addition to bubbles, we did get her to eat a bit of lunch. She also spent some time learning how to play frisbee with Daddy, which also was a big hit.

As for the planes flying overhead that we went down there with the intent to watch?
She had some trouble seeing the planes with her hands over her eyes, but Daddy sure did think they were cool!