4th of July in Seward

How did I miss 4th of July in Seward all these years?  It's the 4th of July city! Cael, Louisa (friend from college who lives in Omaha) and I braved the streets.  It felt like the rest of Nebraska was deserted, since there were so many people were there.  There are craft and food vendors all around the square, a pancake breakfast put on by St. John's, firefighter competition, pole vaulting competition, free movie, air show, book sale, concerts, a parade, huge fireworks show and lots, lots, lots more.  It's impossible to see it all, so we picked a few things off the schedule and went with it. (We saw all of the above things except for the air show.) It was so hot!  It was a challenge to keep us all hydrated, especially Cael. We went to the library for the books.  They were actually free, but you could give a donation, so I got some for my classroom, and Cael picked some up as well.  We took in the free movie, "The Lorax," got some lunch, and watched the parade at a Concordia professor's house.  I stood on the front steps with a few other teachers, and played the game of "how many people can we get to wave at us?" We were completely obnoxious.  It was lots of fun. :) LeAndra would have been cheering along with us, whereas Allen, would have been shaking his head at us.  Especially when we counted and cheered for the Czech Queens. ("One! One! Czech Queen! Ah Hah Hah!"  We got up to 5.:) After the parade, we went to the St. John's music director's house (Paul, friend of Robin) for a BBQ.  We met lots of people, and had some yummy food.  Around 8ish we went over to Luke's apartment (former student).  Luke's friends were awesome - they wrestled around and roughed Cael up.  He needs that, since Mom isn't the best one for that.  They were some pretty nice guys.  Around 9, we went over to Plum Creek Park for the fireworks show.  It started at 10, and it was pretty cool! It took us a while to get out of town, since everyone else was headed that way too, but we got home safely, and today is a rest day.  Cael doesn't seem to need it, but I took a nap!

Cael has been going to "Kinder Kamp" for the last couple of weeks at Stolley Park.  They play games, do a craft, and swim in the splash pool.  He's been having a pretty good time.  Next week, we start swimming lessons for 2 weeks, and then a couple of camps at Stuhr Museum.  We're keeping pretty busy by going to the pool, library, Red Mango :), and lots of things. I have a few weddings to attend, and a few more races coming up. Hope your summer is as fun as ours!