FLOTILLA DAY: PART 1

07.05.08

THE FOTILLA (the day after the 4th) This year the on the fourth Natalie was with her other grandmother. I realized out her first three fourth of Julys were with her on the first two. It seemed strange her not being with us this year, but she does have other family too, uh.

As tradition has it, the flotilla is the first Saturday in July at Lake St. John.

We moved to this area in 2000. We were very involved in baseball even then and it seemed that with all stars getting kicked off at that, we were either practicing for an all star game or playing in a tournament. So finally as Cameron got older or ball season changed and we eventually started attending this event at the Tanner' s Lake house. It is often quite funny, but always hot!

Last year was our first year to take Natalie. This images from that day were lost with the same ones that I lost on the fourth of them playing on the slip-n-slide that I mentioned in an earlier post.

Natalie enjoyed watching the boat parade and waving at all the passengers. It was funny many of them new her. "hey, Natalie!" I would hear from someone that I wasn't sure that I knew, but maybe I just didn't recognize them from the distance (in their lake attire, etc).

And if they didn't wave at her immediately she would complain that they weren't waving at her!



She said that this boat was like her shirt. Her top in flag bandana made out into a halter. It was quite funny that she noticed this!

Okay, I did again...I asked someone to take my photo with her. Cari was shooting up...so not exactly a flattering angle, but as you can see I was happy to be sharing this experience with my little sweetheart.

Sometime I call Natalie a little drama queen. So I have a little story that this "Drama Queen" float reminds me of: At prom while we were wating for the everyone to arrive, Natalie was a little wretched looking from running around waiting for her parents to arrive so that she could have a prom photo with them. I looked at her and told her that I don't know what she looks like...and she said...have you guess it: "A Drama Queen", thus she did not understand the term "drama queen". I am pretty sure she thought it was along the line of "Princess". What's that phrase..."kid's say the darndest things!".

red-neck yaght club?

I think was Natalie's favorite and one of the winners...

"Mimi, that was has a horse on it."

Natalie and her Aunt Cari

This is Ainsley. I did her one-year portrait the day before at her grandparents home at Frogmore...the same place that we had the bridal luncheon.

When the parade was over, Natalie wanted to swim in the lake too. We explained to her that it is dirty and the we would go home and swim with her. So she pleaded, "can I put my feet in the water?". So Poppa walked out to the car and got it.
We're weren't even going to take a chance of her putting her feet in the water w/o a jacket on. From time-to-time she forgets that she can't swim w/o floaties or a life jacket.
Time to go home Natalie...

And that's what we did. She was very tired and fell asleep on the way before getting home, but woke up as soon as we got there so that she could go swimming.

She loves swimming and enjoyed it so much this summer!

~~Natalie's Mimi~~