Happy 4th of July

We have been busy celebrating our country's independence this weekend.  Owen is old enough to enjoy so many of the activities around our neighborhood so we took full advantage.  First we had a party at our house on July 3rd.  We invited a bunch of the neighbors over to watch the neighborhood fireworks.
Here is Owen telling his brother about the party and all of his friends coming over....

 I made some festive goodies..

 We had plenty of drinks...

 And the kids had colorful sunglasses to shield their eyes from the fireworks...

Here is Owen and I getting ready for our friends to arrive....

On the night of the 3rd the neighborhood country club has its own fireworks which for us are the most convenient to watch.  After we fed our crew, we all walked across the street to the golf course to watch the fireworks.  

The stroller brigade...

We brought balls, frisbees, and bubbles for the kids to play while we were waiting for the fireworks to begin.  Everyone had a blast....

We watched the golf cart parade go by...

We set up blankets and had snacks for the kids....

Grayson fell asleep in the baby carrier and Owen snuggled up with his mama before the show began...

 I dressed the boys in their jammies and brought Owen's giraffes so that he would be ready for bed as soon as we got home.  This is how he watched the entire fireworks show, laying on my lap with his giraffes in hand...

It was so fun and I am glad we kept both boys out past their bedtime to experience this night together.  However all the kids were looking pretty rough at the pool the next day.

In the morning we packed up and headed to the pool for the day.  Grayson napped on the walk over...

The line for entry at the pool was so long - I have never seen it like this...

Then the same group that was at our house the night before pretty much took over the baby pool...

We had a few meltdowns at the pool before deciding Owen was too exhausted to really enjoy himself and headed home to get some rest before our last event of the weekend.

Our neighborhood holds a huge block party every 4th of July.  We were excited to go this year because we knew Owen would really enjoy all of the activities they had there.

Preparing for the walk to the block party...

 

We set up blankets and let the babies play together...

Owen had so much fun, he went down the big slide with his daddy...

Then all by himself...

Then he enjoyed snow cones with his buddies...

And loved on his friends...

It was a successful weekend but we are all exhausted.  The month of July is going to be super busy for us and then fall will be here before we know it.  We have been having so much fun but I wish summer did not go by so quickly.