I need to get caught up on the blog before summer is OVER and we are in the back to school grind!
So, here we go…..back to the 4th of July. This year we decorated the bike and scooter so that the kids could actually be in the Down Home Family 4th of July parade in Issaquah. All of our neighbors joined us with their kids so it was a lot of fun.
Making our way to the parade staging area…..
Below is the whole crew – bigs and littles. The Hoffmans, the Maybells, and Alexander and his little brother Vincent.
We got most of the way through the parade before Brennan put two-and-two together – that he wasn’t actually going to be getting any candy if he was IN THE PARADE! I have a feeling he will not want to be in the parade next year.
After the parade there is a festival with bounce houses & food. Caelan got a ride back up the hill with papa, and Brennan and I hung out for a while. This is the park right by the festival. It was a popular spot.
Later that night we decided to stay local and go to the Fireworks display in Sammamish. There is a great park that the kids played in right up until the fireworks started – which was nice to pass the time.
As evidenced by the ‘rubbing of the eyes’ and double use of electronics you see below, the kids were getting pretty tired by the time the fireworks were let off. It was a decent show but there wasn’t music accompaniment – which we definitely missed having. Neither kid was super happy with the loud ‘booms’ – Caelan kept burying her head in the blanket and saying ‘time to go to the car now?’ I think music might have helped distract them from the ‘booms’ a little. Next year, we’ll likely head back to our ‘ol standby at Gene Coulon Beach Park.
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