4th of July

I know it's a month later but I didn't even have this figured out on the 4th of July and these pictures are really cute. We have a little parade on our street early in the morning July 4th. The kids get to decorate their bikes, scooters, cars, whatever and parade up and down our street. One of the families on our street organizes it every year. It's really fun and the kids love it. I just wish it didn't have to be so early. By the time the 4th is over we are exhausted. It started out the night before decorating the kids vehicles. Then we got up at 6:45a.m. (For those of you who don't know us, this is like 3-4 hours earlier than normal.) The parade started at 7. Alexandria got to drive the Escalade and the boys drove their "mo-mo's" (twin for motorcycle). Then the family that organizes has a pancake breakfast in front of their house for everyone. I think after that we came home and took long naps because later that day we had swimming and food at Grandma's. Then, of course, the fireworks at night. Our kids love the fireworks. They're used to seeing them at the game so they have fun with it. It turned out to be a really good 4th of July. It was nice to be home and not in Mexico for it. They don't really celebrate it in Mexico. ;)