Celebrating our Independence

Hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend! We had a lot of family time... and we still like each other!... and kept busy with lots of activities.

On the 4th, we participated in our first township parade and the kids had a blast. I spent a few days decorating Emma's scooter and Ryan's bike and sure, I may have gone overboard with the crepe paper, but it was clearly worth it as both kids (whew!) took home a prize that day. They both won in their categories, received a ribbon and an envelope with $5 and could not have been happier! There was soft pretzels and water ice and Ryan also won a medal in a race (on legs, not wheels) for coming in 2nd place - he really is a fast kid. If there was a medal for dead last, Emma would have taken it with ease. Just hope she doesn't want to join the track team.

NOTE: I do realize that Ryan is not wearing his helmet here... it still bothers his concussion bump and to add to that, he got a 2nd goose egg the day prior when his face somehow met up with the corner of the wooden play kitchen, directly at the end of the first bump. He couldn't go that fast in the parade so I saw no reason to torture him. Scold me at your own risk!

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On Saturday the 5th, we sent a HAPPY BIRTHDAY shout out to Mom-Mom and let her enjoy her day with adults before we tortured her the next day for a bday celebration. We made a quick visit to the pool for Family Fun Day, complete with free snow cones, cotton candy and popcorn, oh my! There were inflatable games and pony rides and pool games and I forgot my camera. Shame, shame, tsk, tsk. What kind of blogger am I, you ask? The busy kind - it was a long weekend so just take my word for it, the pool was fun.

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After baths and rest, we hit the road for some baseball fun - what a great night for a game! We were hosted by a good friend in his suite and Ryan and Daddy even got passes for the field to watch our friends dad throw out the first pitch, very exciting!! The kids lasted the entire game and for the 3rd night in a row, hit the hay very late. Late bedtime=early riser Emma=look out!

Partaking in an old baseball tradition... peanuts!

Ryan on the field

Mr. E throwing out the first pitch!