We had a wonderful 4th of July at home, here is Cameron by our flag, he loves to put it out and sometimes refers to it as the "beautiful American flag"
Little Miss Sofia in her red, white, and blue Hula Mula outfit
She loves pockets these days and putting her hands in them or a toy cell phone
Cameron with our flag, wearing his red, white and blue - he picked everything out and was proud that he made it all match for the day!
Love it when they give each other hugs -
I loved this picture. Paris is helping Cameron register his latest Webkinz - Curious George the monkey and I happened to glance over to see them sitting in the exact same position. Like Father like Son :)
We had my parents, Emily, Mitch, and Siena over for the festivities. We played and BBQ'd before the fireworks. Here is Sofia and Siena playing with blocks and dolls, they are finally starting to really play together and get along and it is so much fun to watch.
Our Watermelon, blueberry, strawberry salad - I can't take credit for it, my mom made it.
A close-up, the strawberries reminded us of starfish
My dad ordered a Bonazi Rocket and we had to test it out at the Alki middle school track which had plenty of wide open space for it to blast off. It took about 140 pumps and some water to propel it. And propel it did! We had so much fun watching it launch off
(I think my dad had the most fun). Check out the video clip at the bottom of the entry.
Paris, Mitch, and my Dad getting it all ready
Cameron brought his rocket to launch off as well, it actually went pretty high too.
Our family at the field
After the fun with the rocket and swinging and playing at the playground we headed home and started our fireworks and watched the rest of the neighborhood's. Siena didn't like the noise at all so she stayed inside, and Cameron almost made it out with some headphones on but then decided he didn't want to come out either, so he sat in the living room and opened the blinds and watched everything from indoors; it was pretty loud, I think much louder fireworks than last year. Sofia ventured out and actually liked them, they did get a bit loud at times and she would say "Go Out, Go Out" which actually meant go in, but she stuck it out and we watched everything until the mosquitos just wouldn't leave us alone - even with bug spray on. It still just amazes us that you are able to buy such huge fireworks here and it's all legal!
Here is Sofia and Grandpa.
We came inside to find Cameron sound asleep on the chair with all of the glow in the dark bracelets on his arm.
Here is the video clip of my dad launching his rocket for the first time.
We did a fun 1 hour Argosy cruise around Elliott Bay
Cameron and Paris, they are both so photogenic!
Sofia was very tired and we were lucky to find a chair at the base of the stairs at the back of the boat - a perfect spot to still see the sights, hear the tour guide, but not be in the middle of all the people. She dozed off a couple times
Seeing sailboats, the Olympic mtn. range, and the Seattle skyline from the boat.
Paris and Cameron checking out the jet
Checking out his lego's darth maul watch. He absolutely loves darth maul from Star Wars, and he is the most evil looking character. Cameron says he likes his double sided red light saber.
We had a Star Wars themed birthday party. Here he is playing with the lightsabers I made out of swim noodles (the hit of the party) with Paige. It was fun to watch the kids get so into character with the lightsabers in hand - especially Cameron.
All Done!
