Happy Birthday, America! We've been celebrating this special holiday for a couple days over here! From patriotic crafts to firework fun, we have had such a fun Independence Day!
On Tuesday, Banner got to experiment with toothpicks, paint, pompom balls, and glue by doing some Fourth of July projects.
On Wednesday, Banner had his annual 3rd of July sleepover at Grandma & Papa's house while Sam and I spent the evening with friends, some good-old Grandy's fried chicken, Cherie's homemade puppy chow, and a fantastic fireworks show! (Thanks, Mom, for hosting the sleepover for yet another year!)
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| Cherie & Jed |
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| Gretchen & Avi |
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| Yum! (Not my plate - mine was mostly rolls and mac & cheese! :)) |
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| Kaboom! |
And, on Thursday, the actual 4th of July, Sam and I got to sleep in! (Definitely a way to ring in Independence Day!) We then picked up Banner at my mom's house, met Cherie & Jed there, and headed to Old City Park for An Old-Fashioned Fourth.
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| Ready to go! |
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| Picnic Time |
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| Jed helped wrangle my boy |
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| Wanting to see the woman (left) spinning the wool into yarn - and looking for the barn |
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| Sheep |
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| Chickens |
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| Cherie showing B the sheep |
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| Star-Spangled Banner |
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| Daddy's favorite - the blacksmith |
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| Love |
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| Nip & Tuck - donkeys |
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| Spinning the ice cream |
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| Enjoying a taste of homemade ice cream |
Then, it was time to head home for a much-needed nap after a couple hours in the heat! Banner napped for 2.5 hours, which was great, because we had a long night ahead of us! First we headed to Zaide's house for hanging out and dinner.
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| Colby Ethan |
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| Banner & NaNa counting all the cars |
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| NaNa & Aunt Gayle |
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| Silly Boys |
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| Jumping on their aunts |
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| The J men - mesmerized by meat |
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| Sam pointing out all the carcases on the grill |
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| Sweet Cousins |
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| Banner wanted to hug Miles, too! |
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| Then, Aunt Gayle wanted her turn! |
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| We celebrated Miles' and NaNa's birthdays, too! |
Then, after we left Zaide's celebration, we decided to keep Banner up well past his bedtime to see fireworks for the first time. We joined the party at my Aunt Jacque & Uncle Freddy's house to watch a great firework show from up on their rooftop. Banner was a little nervous and frightened at first, and he kept saying, "House," to go back inside. But, soon, he relaxed and enjoyed the bright, colorful show and eventually said, "More fireworks!" and "Fireworks one more time!" as we drove home for the night. As I type, he's now sound asleep in his bed - at around 10:45pm. Let's hope he sleeps in tomorrow and gets a good night's rest!
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| Brycen Cole |
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| Nami napping |
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| Getting ready for fireworks! |
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| Marin & Landry waiting for fireworks |
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| Love Aunt Jacque's face here! |
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| Cherie captured this picture of us watching - and Brock was my back support! |
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| The family - watching from the rooftop |
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| Mischelle, Brycen, Mom, Nami, me, Banner, and Sam |
Happy Fourth, everyone!
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