In honor of the Peruvian Independence day this past weekend, which was brought to my attention by a very dear friend, I thought I would finally remember to post our American Independence day photos!
At least it is still July. Right?
Here we all are having way too much fun at our 4th of July Block Party! It was like 105 degrees that day....
The party started with some intense bike decorating
Everybody on your mark!
Get Set...
GO!!! We dressed Norah's bike up as a firecracker.
Sweaty little Clark (OK, we were all sweaty) was riding in his sweet red white & blue stroller.
The bike race - I mean "Parade" :)
The highly desired tree swing - scary and fun - we had to wait in line forever to get a turn!!
Mine!
As you can see in the above shots Norah was wearing a cute 4th of July shirt. She had to go home and change into her Easter dress because her chocolate lunch spilled all over her.
Kid-friendly firecrackers.... and yes, we successfully tried the real ones that night. Just Norah and Mom!
Clark didn't know whether to laugh or be scared!
"Woah!!!"
Norah and I did walk to see the big time fireworks show at the nearby golf course that night. She didn't know what to expect and I hadn't been to a real fireworks show since before Norah was born, so when the real show started we both ducked for cover!
Norah remained as calm as she could and politely requested that we go straight home :)So we packed up the blanket in the stroller and started our walk back. Every few feet or so I would turn her around and ask if she wanted to see. The first 2 or 3 times she said "No. Let's keep going Mom." and so we did. Until she started asking me to stop every few feet to watch and finally said "Can we just sit right here and watch all the way until the 'finanny'?" It was the perfect spot. Two blocks away on the sidewalk across from the lake looking through a clearing of trees allowing for a view of almost every sparkle. This is what having kids is all about.
Love ~ Renee
