Labor Day weekend was a pretty busy one for us this year. On Saturday, we headed to Woodward Reservoir with friends Phil & Char, Brandon (6) and Addison (3 mos.). We arrived at about 1pm, launched Phil's boat and ate lunch on the shore before Phil, Brandon and I headed out on the boat to cruise around the reservoir and wakeboard. The weather was warm, but not too hot and the cool water temperature was perfect. The water was a little choppy by the time I started wakeboarding, but I was still able to get several good runs in before calling it a day. It wasn't as crowded as I had seen it in the past, so we were able to get the boat up to a decent speed and didn't have to worry too much about other boats or jet skis.
We headed back to shore to meet up with the girls who were just hanging out under the canopy. Kaitlyn had never been in a relatively large body of water before, so I decided to give it a go and brought her in with me. At first, she clung onto me very tightly, but after she got her feet wet, she realized it was just like a really big bathtub and started to kick. As I lowered her in further, she splashed with her hands, kicked with her feet and even tried blowing bubbles with her mouth a couple of times. We spent about 15-20 minutes in the water and she had a ball.
At about 5pm, we decided it was time to start heading back, so Phil and I got the boat back on the trailer and started to wipe it down. As we were finishing, I heard a ssssssss sound and looked at Phil who was crouching next to the boat trailer tire which had a crack in the valve stem and air was rushing out (apparently, the towel must have caught on the stem and broke it). At that point, there wasn't much we could do except watch the tire go flat. There was no spare, so we called all the tire places in Oakdale (they were all closed) and AAA (they couldn't help). We ended up getting Char's dad (who lives in Tracy, 45 min away) to pick up a tire locally and drive it to Woodward so we could change it. While we waited, I picked up pizza for dinner then we changed the tire and were ready to leave just after 8pm - all adventures have to come to an end, eventually...;-)
On Sunday, we went to the Ripon Hot Air Balloon Festival in the morning. There were several hot air balloons (inflated, but tethered to the ground), a helicopter, vendors, clowns, games, crafts, etc. Kaitlyn had fun walking around, watching the clowns goofing off and trying to touch everything she could. For a small town festival, it was very well done and I'm sure we'll be back next year (maybe early enough for the pancake breakfast).
In the afternoon, we went to a birthday party for Stephanie (2) and Emma (7) Andersen. Their mom, Becky, went to high school with Shawnna and is now a labor and delivery nurse in Tracy. In fact, she was the nurse who helped deliver Kaitlyn. The party was like looking into our future which included lots of little girls running around, playing dolls, jumping in the bounce house, crying about who knows what, and just general chaos - it was a lot of fun! Kaitlyn spent her time exploring the house, playing with all the fun toys, sliding down the slide in the backyard and I even gave her some ice cream (don't tell mommy).
After all of the excitement of the weekend, we decided that Monday (Labor Day) would be a day of relaxation and laziness. To prove the point, we left Kaitlyn in her jammies all day - no joke :-) We spent the whole day at home playing various games and spent a fair amount of time in the front and backyard exploring. We blew bubbles for the first time and filled Kaitlyn's infant bathtub up with plastic balls for her to play in (picture above and video below). It was a good way to wind down a busy weekend.
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