It seems like it has been July forever here...
Literally the last 3 weeks have been over 100 degrees every day!
This only leads to a problem when my kids insist on being outside all the time.
We do frequent little breaks and lots of fluids, but it's just SO HOT!
Here's Colin and Olivia "painting" Grammie's fence for her.
This kept them both busy for quite some time.
Colin just slapped a little bit of "paint" on each slat, while Olivia made sure the entire slat was painted before she moved on. Either way, the fence looks great with a new coat of "paint"!
Working hard!
In between running back and forth to the new house, we have been busy trying to get our stuff moved from Grammie & Grandad's basement and pulling a few miscellaneous items from the storage locker. We officially empty the storage locker this Saturday, but thought we'd get a few items out of there early.
Colin just loves running around the house. He loves all the room and how the main floor is laid out.
Brian and I keep going back and forth about being worried that it's too big. We will literally have enough furniture for 1 room, but I'm sure we'll gather more in the near future. We've got plenty of room to grow, that's for sure!
Brian worked a little bit on the 4th of July in the morning, but met us over at our new house around 10 for some much needed cleaning. The only problem was our cleaning supplies were somewhere in our storage locker, so we grabbed what we could from Grammie's and did our best.
Colin was a huge help, he sprayed all the windows before I wiped them clean, and even helped direct me on where to vacuum! He also did a great job of eating donuts while we worked. Can't beat that!
We headed back to Grammie & Grandad's for naps while Brian and I made a trip to get some fireworks. We got a whole bag of them for $13!
Colin wasn't so interested in them this year. He is pretty cautious about things lately.
Maggie, our little daredevil, loved them!
The boys lighting the snakes.
Colin was worried about the snakes for a while, until we showed him they blew away if you stepped on them.
Maggie laughing it up with Caitlin
One of our tank fireworks that took an unexpected turn and headed straight for Chris' car.
Don't worry, the tank didn't do any damage! :)
Colin helping Dad light the "hen laying an egg" firework
The "hen laying an egg" aftermath
Later on, Olivia and Johnny came over and we did some more fireworks.
Olivia liked the sparklers, but Colin preferred to just watch from a distance.
Chris and Livy lighting a smoke bomb
Grandad and Maggie, enjoying the show
After a little while, Colin warmed up to the smoke bombs and lit some for himself.
He was such a trooper.
Colin and Olivia being goofy.
Happy 4th of July!
Caitlin, Livy, and Chris with their silly faces!
Maggie just loved throwing the poppers on the ground.
She would laugh and laugh each time she did it.
She would laugh and laugh each time she did it.
This is what I get when I ask Colin to smile now.
This cheesy grin.
Awesome.
Just before bed, Colin and Daddy enjoyed a bomb pop.
(except as you can see here, Colin was enjoying Daddy's, too!)
Love these guys!
Happy 4th of July!
We hope you had a great holiday, too!
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