4th of July

Grant and Blake don their 4th of July outfits.


CHEESE!


Mom holds Hayden before the fireworks start. His one-sie says "Little Firecracker"



Blake is ready for fireworks.


Grant is ready for fireworks.

Hayden is on the blanket. He loves the fireworks.


Blake thinks the fireworks are way too loud. He cuddles with Reagan.


He got a little scared and moved to cuddle with Dad.


He fell asleep during one of the loudest parts. Go figure!



Grant thought the fireworks were really loud and scary. He cried and sat on Mom's lap almost the whole time.


Poor Grant!


Hayden had such a good time. He loved watching the fireworks. Our theory is that it was just like his mobile in his crib, except louder and flashier.

We had a rocking 4th of July. We started the day by watching a free kid movie at our local movie theater. The movie was called "Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit". Not your typical patriotic movie, but Melanie and I were quite surprised. We loved it and were cracking up throughout the whole movie at all the one-liners. The kids also had a good time, as evidenced by the giant fit Grant threw when the movie ended. He got over it quickly though.

After the movie, we went home to prepare for party part 2.... BBQ at the Burdicks. The food was great. We had the classic hamburgers and hotdogs with shrimp on the barbie, Melanie's new potatoe salad recipe with bacon and blue cheese, chips, veggies, banana pudding, and boiled black cupcakes. Yum Yum!

After the BBQ we high-tailed it to the Taylor's house. Their property backs up right to the school where they launch the fireworks. Apparently Manassas hosts the second largest firework display in greater DC metro area (behind Washington DC, of course). The firework show didn't disappoint, but our family gave it mixed reviews:

Melanie, Travis, and Hayden : Excellent showing, 4 stars, and 6 thumbs up.

Grant : Way too loud and scary. 0 stars. 2 thumbs down.

Blake : Kind of loud, yet I can't stop watching. The finale was kind of a bore, I fell asleep. 1 star. 1 thumb up, 1 thumb down.