Despite having the 4th fall on a Wednesday this year, and no extra days off work, we still managed to pack in lots of celebration time!
We started off Tuesday night with a celebration in Garner. It's an annual event, but we've never been in town to attend. It was sooo much fun! There were bounce houses galore, which made one happy girl. The struggle was the 100+ degree temperatures!!! The heat didn't stop Camille from bouncing her heart out!
After lots of bouncing, we headed to the art/craft table. Camille enjoyed coloring and putting together a pinwheel.
Chick Fil A was even there handing out cow fans! Camille got a kick out of those!
Since the celebration was at the park, we couldn't resist the playground though we were pouring sweat and ready to eat!
Next up, our picnic dinner, homemade ice cream, and relaxing as the sun went down (finally)!
The weather turned on us after dinner, so we had to head home before the fireworks started, but luckily, we live close enough to the park that we got to watch them from the back deck. Camille wasn't interested at first, but when she found out that it meant staying up past bedtime, she was ready! She loved commenting on the "pretty colors" and "lots of sparkly."
On the actual 4th of July, we headed downtown for more celebrating. The thunderstorms forced us to eat an early dinner and hang out inside, but afterward we got to enjoy some music and got to see a really neat free fall paratrooper team perform. Very impressive! Camille's reaction: "Those boys bumped their heads and then jumped out of the plane." We even witnessed a hot dog eating contest. Luckily I turned away with Camille as the first guy was blowing chunks. Camille thought it was funny to watch "people eat so fast."
On Friday, we got a visit from Dad and the gang. We had a good dinner with everyone and had Daniel come back home with us to spend the night and go to the lake.
On Saturday, we had a great visit to the lake and Camille loved having Daniel to play with.
After Daniel went home, Camille decided to be PawPaw's best buddy for the evening.
So, all in all, we had a great family filled weekend.
