We started the festivities a little early by making our annual chocolate chip delight on Tuesday afternoon. (Except we top ours with red and blue m&m's to make it a little more festive and patriotic.)
Every year Garrison is more and more into it. I know next year Austin will enjoy getting to help too! This year my littlest man just hung out beside us, made a mess in his kitchen cabinet, and eventually ended up fussing and begging me to pay attention to him as he held onto my leg. It was interesting and busy but I think we all had fun... especially Garrison. He was such a big boy and did great following directions and being careful. Unfortunately we were jipped on the red and blue m&m's so we ended up throwing in a few yellow. Oh well. I love this tradition and hope my babies always do too.
The 4th of July is a holiday we usually end up celebrating at home on our own becuase it's so difficult to travel and make a day trip in the middle of the week with 2 little ones. Bummer. And this year was especially hard because it's the first year we really felt guilty about keeping Garrison away from a family gathering and good food and fireworks at my Granny's house. I feel like I say this all the time but it's so important to me that my children value family/time with family and always love and participate in family gatherings and holiday get-togethers. It's just what keeps families close and grown children coming home. So it was tough to stay away... but, we're still kind of recovering from returning from vacation, plus we knew it'd be a really late night and that this morning we'd have to jump right back in to our regular routine, plus we do enjoy having special time as a family of 4 occasionally. So, we decided against it. And still found ourselves questioning the decision up until the last minute. Maybe one day we'll move back and decisions like these won't be so hard.
Okay, moving on from my pity party... we made the most of our day by spending our morning at the pool, then coming home for lunch and naps, then getting ready to go out for a yummy supper. Yay for a fun day with daddy and no cooking for mama!
This little cutie enjoyed his first 4th of July. =)
My boys were so handsome in their matching outfits and we really did have a fun day together celebrating the land of the free and the home of the brave... Happy Birthday 'Merican!!
July 4, 2010
July 4, 2011
1 comment:
Hey Meggie! Looks like y'all had good day! We have that same frog for Elijah! He seems to really like it!
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