4th of July

We decorated a flag cake for the 4th

Shortly after these pictures, John came home from work and I failed to take a picture of the final product, but you get the idea (strawberries for the red stripes and blueberries for the stars).  It was quite tasty too!

Riding bikes early in the morning on the 4th.  It was a cool and beautiful morning.

Smoke bomb that the boys thought was great!

We had a few basic fireworks like sparklers, pop things, smoke bombs, etc...Its illegal to sell fireworks that shoot into the air in MN.

Trying sparklers for the first time


 

Aiden's sparkler.  It doesn't get dark until around 9:30 pm during the summer so the firework shows start late!!

And this is why we don't want to get all the baby stuff out too early before the baby actually arrives.



Standing on a huge pile of mulch that John distributed all over the flower beds over the weekend.  The boys thought it was great for about the first 30 minutes and then we found something else to do.

We had a very nice 4th of July holiday and long weekend.  I am not sure what it is about boys and fireworks, but this was the first year that the boys really went crazy about the fireworks.  We bought a few very basic ones and tried those in the front yard and they were crazy excited.  In Minnesota, it is apparently illegal to sell fireworks that shoot into the air but that didn't stop several of our neighbors from putting on a fairly elaborate firework show with some fireworks they purchased in Wisconsin.  It doesn't get dark in MN until around 9:30 pm during the summer, but the boys stayed up late and watched the fireworks with John.  Aiden went to bed before all the chaos started since he doesn't really sleep past 7:00 am yet.  I think Luke has asked almost nightly if we can either watch or do more fireworks.  He even picked up some already used fireworks in the neighborhood in hopes that we could set some of those off.  I am pretty sure they are expecting bigger and better fireworks next year.  We hope you enjoyed your holiday!

We have started the countdown for the arrival of Baby #4.  I think at last count we were at approximately 44 days (due date is August 17th).  We have started to get all the baby stuff ready and the boys are getting excited to meet their new brother.  The heat of the summer is a bit uncomfortable, but the boys and I have managed to spend many days at the pool and thankfully I keep reminding myself that it honestly does not get that hot in Minnesota (its nothing like Arkansas....).