parade, fireworks and fishing....

Well, I feel like every time I post a new blog I have to apologize for not posting in so long. Sorry everyone....Maria this one's for you!

Over July 4th weekend we had some fun times. It was actually our first weekend together as a family since Sean finished school. So, I had been looking forward to some much needed time together (without traveling somewhere first). On Saturday morning we took the kids to the 4th of July parade. Lots of firetrucks and people throwing candy makes everyone happy!

After the parade, it was lunch and then naps. The deal was, if you didn't take a nap, you couldn't go to the fireworks! After 45 minutes of Iain complaining that he couldn't fall asleep, he did finally fall asleep. Good thing.

There was a little festival at the site of the fireworks, so we went at dinner time and had a bite to eat. While we ate Ella put on a show including some pretty good somersaults, which she decided recently, she wants to do all the time. Then the kids wanted to play on the big inflatable slide and win some prizes playing really easy games.

Ella and Iain both stayed up until 10pm waiting for the fireworks to start. Ella was so excited to see them. At every little noise, she would look around for some fireworks. When they finally started, Ella was a little scared and wanted to sit with Daddy so he could protect her from the loud noise. She closed her eyes every time there was an explosion. I'm not sure she actually saw any of the fireworks. After she got used to the noise, she went to sleep....and managed to stay sleeping through the finale. Crazy kid. Iain, however, loved watching the show and wasn't scared one bit. We realized this weekend that whenever Ella is scared, she wants Daddy to hold her. How cute is that? She did the same thing during the parade when the loud firetrucks came through.

On Sunday, Iain's request was to go fishing. He only lasted maybe 20 minutes then he wanted to throw rocks in the water....typical.

What fun times we had! Happy 4th of July!