The 4th of July

Things get a little strange at our house during the summer. At any given time you may or may not find a bat, a superhero, or a combination of the two....somewhere in our backyard. It does make for fun times though.

 

 Especially when daddy gets involved....

 Someone's cape got all twisted.

 It's good he's got a big brothers to lend a hand.

 For the 4th of July we did our usual....breakfast, parade and carnival in Centerville with Grandma and Grandpa Schick. We got prime parade seats (thanks grandma and grandpa).

 Hubba hubba.

 It was an early morning and they were wiped out waiting for the parade to start.

 Will showing us his loot.

 Okay....am I the only one that sees a problem with this picture? Look at those kids in the street!! They are practically under the bands feet and do their parents care at all? No! That is one of my biggest pet peeves. Here we are with "front row" seats and kids are standing in front of us. Thankfully I have the best kids in the world and they know better than that. Typically Centerville is pretty good to keep the crowd under control...but there was nothing this year. I just couldn't believe parents weren't a little more proactive about this. Sheesh! Okay...rant over.

 The carnival blow up toys did not disappoint.

 There was even a clown doing free face painting.

 Or arm painting...if you prefer.

 Then it was home to take a dip in the stream.

 Later that night it was time for fireworks.

 And homemade ice cream....

 Here's the punk...

 Smoke bombs are a favorite around here.

 Then Trav had to run the gauntlet with the flag.

 It's pretty awesome that we can just sit on our driveway and get a full blown fireworks show. That one in the sky was the view we had of our neighbor's firework show....which is just as good as the pros.

 Sparkler time!!

Happy birthday America! It's been fun celebrating with you!