4th of July Fun

 

The Saturday after July 4th, an older lady in our church invited us to a hot dog cookout with her family at her home. We didn’t really know anyone there, but we ended up having a lot of fun. There were a few kids there so our kids had a great time! And they experienced quite a few “firsts.” They got to try their first sparklers (even though it wasn’t quite dark out yet), which they seemed to enjoy although they weren’t quite sure what to do with them.

 

 

They also had their first ice cream cone. (Don’t know why I’ve just never given it to them in a cone.) It was a little messy…

 

I found cute matching shirts cheap at Walmart, so of course I had to take a photo op.

 

  

 

The next Sunday, our town had a little 4th of July celebration at the park right next door to our house. How convinient it was to just walk down and not have to deal with parking and crowds (which surprisingly did get busy later in the day)! The kids loved the bounce houses, especially the one with an obstacle course inside. Daddy had to go down with Andrew the first couple times, then we couldn’t get him out!

 

 

They had a little cow train but Leah wasn’t too happy about it taking her away from Mommy.

We played a couple carnival games. They had surprisingly good prizes for only $.50/ game. Abigail enjoyed her view from the stroller.

 

Leah really wanted a balloon “animal.” So I waited in line for her over an hour to get this mermaid balloon. Andrew got a helicopter.

 

We finally got to see fireworks. Since it was so close to our house, we walked through our backyard and sat in the field next to our house. We figured the kids wouldn’t be as afraid since they were so close to home and they’re older now. Nope. Leah was still terrified, the whole time. She covered her ears and whined for it to be over. Andrew said he was scared at first but quietly watched and took it all in. At one point he said he liked it, but then later he said he didn’t, so we’re not so sure! It was really a pretty decent show for our small town and I’m glad they got the experience!