The 4th

I love the 4th of July...it is the one day of the year where I put my foot down and say, "Yes we are going to a parade!"  We went out early and picked a spot toward the beginning of the parade route so that we could get Joseph home for a nap before he got too loopy.  We'd never sat in that area before and didn't realize it was almost completely lacking in shade.  I might as well have parked us right next to the sun itself it was so hot but hey, we got to see floats, listen to marching band music, salute the flag, cheer for the men and women serving our country AND eat partially melted salt water taffy.  Now that's what I call patriotic fun!  Plus, it seemed like our entire neighborhood bought arial fireworks so we just sat on our front step and watched the craziest show.  We even bought our own modest set of low key fireworks and had fun with that.  What a great day!

We rotated the kids through the stroller, which was our only shade.

Grant hanging out.

The sun is blinding me!

I don't care how hot it is!  I'm just gonna run around like a crazy baby!

Stop taking my picture!!