We started our 4th of July the way we always do, at the neighborhood parade. It turned into quite the parade this year! LOTS of people showed up. But it is kind of funny because everyone is IN the parade so there isn't really any one left to watch it. :)
Despite the look on Sadie's face, the girls were very excited to be in the parade! It is so funny because every year, no matter how close we are to the front when the parade starts, we always end up in the back! :) Usually it is Sadie being dramatic about something not going absolutely perfectly! This year, and I should have thought about this, it was the fact that she had to go so slow at the beginning with everyone so close and no training wheels...it was difficult. But we waited it out and there was more room in the back. But then there was some crazy lady that was trying to drive her car through the parade which was freaking Lucy out. Seriously!?! You are SO important that you have to get to your house and freak little kids out? You cannot wait 10 minutes? I was annoyed! Here they are all ready to go. They are so funny, I got them both the little head band things and the sunglasses. Sadie wanted the head band and Lucy the sunglasses. So Mommy got to be decked out in both!!
Since we finished last that meant we were at the END of the snow cone line! We waited SO long in the heat but boy did it make the prize so much more rewarding! :) This is the long line wrapping around and finally ending under the green canopy.
Cute little Daphne got all tuckered out from the heat. But was done with it about half way through the snow cone line.
After the parade we went over to a friends house and a bunch of us had yummy pancakes and crepes with festive fruit in them (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and bananas). They were so cute and SO delicious! After breakfast the kids played and then decorated cookies! They were all so cute together. We had such a fun time hanging out with friends and enjoying their company!
After mowing the lawn, Chris took the older girls swimming while I stayed home with a sleeping Daphne. Then once Daphne woke up I went and got some Firehouse Subs and met everyone at the pool for a little picnic. Then we went over to the park for some 4th of July fun! We have never been to it, it's been rained out twice and last year we thought we weren't going to make it in time (blah blah blah - it was me stressing but we would have been fine) so we didn't know what a to-do it was. LOTS of fun vendors and a live band. Lots of fun. Since we didn't know what this was all about we weren't prepared and didn't have much cash. So we let the girls pick one treat and of course they both pick cotton candy!
Here are the girls waiting for the fireworks to start. They had fun dancing around in the mean time. Lucy, Sadie, Janae and cute little Daphne.
Poor Chris got SO much sun that day! And it was SO hot outside! He was pooped by the end of the day! Here we are watching the fireworks! Daphne looks horrified! :)
So cute! Just enjoying it all! I was nervous it would be too loud for her and the booms would scare her. But she did fine. I think being right by the stage and the speakers it was already a constant loud noise going on.
Their expressions were so cute! They loved it!
By the time we got home we were ALL too hot and pooped!!! It was such a fun day!
Despite the look on Sadie's face, the girls were very excited to be in the parade! It is so funny because every year, no matter how close we are to the front when the parade starts, we always end up in the back! :) Usually it is Sadie being dramatic about something not going absolutely perfectly! This year, and I should have thought about this, it was the fact that she had to go so slow at the beginning with everyone so close and no training wheels...it was difficult. But we waited it out and there was more room in the back. But then there was some crazy lady that was trying to drive her car through the parade which was freaking Lucy out. Seriously!?! You are SO important that you have to get to your house and freak little kids out? You cannot wait 10 minutes? I was annoyed! Here they are all ready to go. They are so funny, I got them both the little head band things and the sunglasses. Sadie wanted the head band and Lucy the sunglasses. So Mommy got to be decked out in both!!
Since we finished last that meant we were at the END of the snow cone line! We waited SO long in the heat but boy did it make the prize so much more rewarding! :) This is the long line wrapping around and finally ending under the green canopy.
Cute little Daphne got all tuckered out from the heat. But was done with it about half way through the snow cone line.
After the parade we went over to a friends house and a bunch of us had yummy pancakes and crepes with festive fruit in them (strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and bananas). They were so cute and SO delicious! After breakfast the kids played and then decorated cookies! They were all so cute together. We had such a fun time hanging out with friends and enjoying their company!
After mowing the lawn, Chris took the older girls swimming while I stayed home with a sleeping Daphne. Then once Daphne woke up I went and got some Firehouse Subs and met everyone at the pool for a little picnic. Then we went over to the park for some 4th of July fun! We have never been to it, it's been rained out twice and last year we thought we weren't going to make it in time (blah blah blah - it was me stressing but we would have been fine) so we didn't know what a to-do it was. LOTS of fun vendors and a live band. Lots of fun. Since we didn't know what this was all about we weren't prepared and didn't have much cash. So we let the girls pick one treat and of course they both pick cotton candy!
Here are the girls waiting for the fireworks to start. They had fun dancing around in the mean time. Lucy, Sadie, Janae and cute little Daphne.
Poor Chris got SO much sun that day! And it was SO hot outside! He was pooped by the end of the day! Here we are watching the fireworks! Daphne looks horrified! :)
So cute! Just enjoying it all! I was nervous it would be too loud for her and the booms would scare her. But she did fine. I think being right by the stage and the speakers it was already a constant loud noise going on.
Their expressions were so cute! They loved it!
By the time we got home we were ALL too hot and pooped!!! It was such a fun day!
