Our Fantastic 4th!

Our 4th of July was so much fun this year!  Christie and Ridley came over in the morning and we took the boys swimming at our neighborhood pool.  Pearce has been having so much fun swimming lately because I finally got him to wear his swim floatie.  Now he can float and kick and somewhat swim around.  He loves to jump in to me.  In fact the other day, he would not put his floatie on and he wanted me to get out of the pool so he could jump in.  I'm not kidding.  He threw the biggest fit because I wouldn't let him.  I have no idea if he actually would jump in all by himself, but I didn't want to take the chance!  I finally convinced him to put the floatie on and he's been having fun "swimming" ever since!  After a couple hours at the pool and playground, we headed home for naps and to get ready for the fireworks.  Chris and I decided to take Pearce to the Cedar Park 4th of July festival this year so he could see his first fireworks show.  We got there around 6:30 and Pearce had fun going to the bounce houses and on this giant slide...he wanted to do it twice.  He also got to sit in a firetruck and one of the firemen gave him a sticker.  He is crying in the pictures because he wanted to close the door...and probably drive off :)  He definitely got sugared up, too.  He ate a huge piece of watermelon, stole my snow cone, and then I HAD to get him a bag of cotton candy!  We met up with a few more friends and then found a place to sit down and wait on the fireworks.  The kids had so much fun with their glow sticks and just running around chasing each other.  Finally it was time for the fireworks and oh my gosh, did Pearce love it!  He only wanted to sit with his daddy and when the first one went off, I saw a big smile come across his face.  I asked him if he liked them and he acted shy and just smiled and nodded his head....he acts like that when he likes something :)  It was a really great, long show!  I had so much fun celebrating the 4th with my two favorite guys.  Can't wait until next year!!!