A Happy 4th of July weekend!

We hope everyone had a happy 4th of July weekend!

We invited two families over to our house for a pre-parade breakfast on July 3rd. Both families have little boys the same age as Andy. After breakfast here, we walked 2 blocks to the Brookfield parade (a typical small-town affair, but great fun nevertheless). Andy could be seen bopping to the music, which made Mommy especially happy when it was marching band music!

One family came back to our house after the parade for some slip-n-slide fun. Both boys loved playing in the water. Then after Andy took a much deserved nap and Daddy inflated the pool, we hosted the other family for more water play. Every bath toy was in use! An outdoor pizza dinner with our friends and then it was bedtime. The booms and bangs of fireworks did not wake Andy up (unlike his parents who were awakened at 2am).

We went to an outdoor festival the evening of the 4th but Andy didn't stay up for fireworks (next year). Then on the 5th, Chris grilled yummy shish-kabobs for lunch while Andy played (in his clothes) in the pool. He had so much fun - tried to capture his laughs in photos . . .