Fourth of July Parade

Happy Birthday to Our Country!
That was the first thing Nicole said the morning of July 4th.  She had been looking forward to this day for a week or more.  The first thing she did when she woke up was grab some paper and some stickers...and make her very own flag!  I had no idea what she was doing until it was almost done.  I was so proud of her.  She wanted to take it to the parade we were going to later that morning.

At our city's  4th of July parade.  It was hot...but Not humid...and there was a nice breeze, so it was totally bareable.

This is Nicole's flag.  The other one she colored the day before in Sunday School.  Nicole was photographed by our local newspaper.  She stood in this position for quite a while as we were waiting for the parade to make it to us.

There were several color guards that passed by.  I think these are the marines. 

Nicole and Hannah loved the parade.  The stood up the entire 1 1/2 hours, grabbed candy that was thrown at them and waved to all the "floats".  They had a blast.

For some reason, Nathan sat on the curb almost the whole time.  He was funny...if a piece of candy would land next to his shoe, he would reach for it.  But, if he had to move to get it...forget about it.

Nate, just watching everything pass by.

I wish this was a video.  Hannah stood in this spot and waved her hand for several minutes.  There must have been a lull in the candy throwing or something.  She had a sort of expressionless face...just stood there, in a daze, waving.

Chick-fil-a!!!

The girls love monster trucks

One float thought it would be a good idea to pass out baloons (it wasn't).  Our kids popped lots of balloons...but people near us kept given them theirs.  Nate popped one while he was hitting it on the ground.  It scared him and he cried.

This was a fun way for us to kick off the 4th July celebration. The kids really enjoyed it and it was pretty fun for us too.