Happy 4th and 5th of July!

On the Fourth of July David had to work so I took the kids over to my mom's. We went over to Murray Days. I had told Joseph earlier in the week that he could get his face painted. So for 2 or 3 days he would point to his cheek and say "face." So we took him over to Murray Days to play some games and get his face painted. He got a firework painted on his face. He sat really still and loved it! He also got to play a few carnival games.


After he got his face painted we went back to my mom's house. She had set up the whole backyard with swimming pools and sprinklers and slip and slides. Joseph's cousins Riley, Johnny, and Eliza where all there to play in the pool too. Joseph really loves older kids so he loves to follow Riley around.



They where jumping from pool to pool. Joseph would do back flips into the water sometimes and he would stand up and smile and do it again. They also had a baby pool set up. But I didn't think that Anna would really enjoy it since she hates her baths! But Eliza loved it and Johnny loved playing in it with her! Johnny loves taking care of his baby sister!

After all the kids were done playing in the pool we had dinner and then went back over to Murray Park to watch the fireworks. We set up blankets on the ground. Erica brought some bubbles for the kids to play with. By this time Johnny had already fallen asleep so Joseph sat next to Eliza on the blanket and played with the bubbles.

Anna just chilled in her stroller. She didn't really mind the fireworks. In fact she ended up falling asleep during the show. Joseph thought it was cool for about the first 5 minutes and then he was ready to go home. It had been a really long day for him and he was tired. We had so much fun!

On Sunday we went over to my dad's for dinner and fireworks. We set up some camping chairs and the strollers on the lawn to let the kids watch the fireworks. Joseph wasn't too into the fireworks. You can tell by the look on his face in the pictures. We also had sparklers for the kids. I don't think that either one of the boys really thought they were very cool.

Joseph climbed in the stroller to sit next to Eliza and watch the fireworks.

We had a really fun week-end. Everyone was safe and no one got sunburned so it was great! I am so glad to live close to my family so that we can have these fun get-togethers!