A Perfect Day

We had a wonderful Fourth of July morning as we trekked out to Clinton Lake in Lawrence for a day of swimming and playing in the sand. It was Christopher's first open water swim and what can we say? The boy loved it! I'm pretty sure that if he didn't have to take a nap, he would have stayed in the lake all day long. We took some breaks from the water to build sand castles, of course. And Daddy thoroughly enjoyed his day off from work...

The combination of water and sand is perfect for CJ. We brought some of his sandbox toys for him to build with. Here he is, hard at work...

After some more swimming and sand playing, we washed up and had a lovely picnic of PB&Js and stayed cool in the shade...

And what better way to celebrate America's birthday than with a stop at the place that America supposedly runs on, Dunkin' Donuts? There are officially three Dunkin' Donuts in Kansas and Lawrence has one of them. I often feel obligated to stop at a D and D, just because it's there, so we got coffee and three munchkins to round off our picnic! It was a beautiful day and now buds is resting up for later because Grammy is coming to dinner for some vegan sloppy joes and corn on the cob. Happy Fourth of July everyone!