4th of July Festivities!

Happy 4th of July!! 

I've mentioned in the past that the 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.  Every year, my family and friends have a competition. In the past, it's been a costume contest. The first year, the theme was "most patriotic" and I was the statue of liberty. The second year was "Favorite amendments" and I was the 9th amendment, and the third year was "favorite American song" and Eila and I were "I'm Just a Bill". This year, we decided to just dress up in red, white, and blue and everyone brought a treat. I made cheese stars and oreo truffles.

We took part in the annual spot saving extravaganza. Check out the link at the top to find out more about it. 

The parade started at 7:00- one hour past Eila's bedtime. We left the house at 5:30 so we could get to our parade and spot and eat snacks and celebrate a little before it started. 

We weren't sure how Eila would do with staying up so late, but there were lots of treats, so she was a trooper.
This isn't even all of the snacks and treats! So much food! 

She lounged with Dan and did some munching before trying to run up and down the street. 

I think she had more fun trying to run all over and wave at everyone sitting in their parade spots than actually watching the parade :) 

Once it started, she was pretty tired. Every time a band would go by, she would bounce up and down a little- it was super cute. And she LOVED the horses. 

Snuggle time with dad :)
We left right after this. The parade wasn't over, but Eila was so tired, we wanted to take her home and let her sleep. 

I love fireworks and was worried that I wouldn't get to see any! 

But it turned out great! I could see the professional ones and I could see professional sized ones shooting off in all directions around me. I was surrounded and it was awesome. 

Eila slept in until 8:00 (she usually wakes up at 6:00)  and then we had a very lazy morning spent in our jammies, reading books with Auntie Molly.