fourth

It worked out so nice this year that the fourth was on a Friday!  Now next year it doesn't work the best that the holiday will be on the weekend instead of extending it, but oh well.  Friday morning we headed up to Harold and Kara's cottage.  We spent the night there in our tent, and stayed most of the day Saturday.  The weather was great, both Caleb and Logan made progress with swimming, we enjoyed the fireworks Friday night, and overall just had fun.

Mike and made a deal with both Caleb and Logan that if they swam out to the raft on their own (with a lifejacket, just not hanging onto one of us), they would get a remote control car.  We really wanted to get them swimming again since two years ago they were doing great, then all last year they decided they were scared of fish.  So, last weekend Logan did it, and then Caleb did it this past weekend.  Of course, Caleb did it the one time to get the reward and didn't want to do it again, but Logan has really warmed up to the water again.  He's even swimming out there just hanging on to a noodle and not wearing a life jacket!  Levi loves riding the waverunner (or the "rogue wave" as he calls it - learned that term from the boys watching something about the Bermuda Triangle).  He asks about it all the time!  It was out of commission on Friday, but then we were able to go on Saturday and he loved it.  Caleb really likes it, too.  Levi also enjoys riding in the boat when Kara's pulling tubers or skiers.  I guess it's no surprise that on Saturday afternoon, after no nap Friday and getting to bed late, he fell asleep in the boat.  :)

Overall the boys did great.  Logan and Levi were starting to show their tiredness as they day went on Saturday, but it wasn't TOO bad.  It's amazing how much difference a year makes - going to the cottage this summer is already a lot easier than it was last summer.

(When we talk about swimming to the raft, that's the yellow thing out there.  And, due to the lake level being way up, it's shallow for quite a ways going out."