the fourth

We celebrated the fourth on the fifth of July this year. It rained nonstop all day on July 4. Most festivities including the fireworks were postponed until the fifth. While we woke up to dark skies and rain on Saturday, we woke up on Sunday to sunshine and an amazingly perfect day.

This year to celebrate we
went to a parade




and the boys got candy.
Lots of candy.
They each have a bag full.

We grilled burgers and hotdogs with friends.
The kids played in the backyard
and ate outside on big blankets.




We gave Henry his first ever sparklers,


and we went to see the fireworks.




the fireworks were loud.
And these two guys kept shouting (even louder)
"the fireworks tooted!" "the fireworks tooted!"
We pretended we didn't know who they were with.
:-)

It was a great day. I really love the fourth of July. (well, in this case, I really loved the fifth!)