Happy 4th of July! What a great holiday! I think next to Christmas and Easter, the 4th of July is my favorite holiday! I love that we can celebrate our great freedoms with our family and friends! So, what could be better than fireworks, parades and barbeques? Well, all of those things with kids! We had such a blast this weekend with Ethan. He was so fun to watch.
On Friday night, we decided to watch the Riverton Parade. We were a little nervous, because Ethan is at the age where he wants to get down and crawl around and is curious about everything, so we weren't quite sure how long he would last. But, he did quite well! Here we are waiting for the police to block off the parade route--so that we could back the truck up to the parade and watch. It was the best idea we have had yet! Good job Dad!
Ethan loves to have his picture taken. Anytime he sees the camera pointed in his direction, he grins really big! It is adorable. It also helps that he is so photogenic. We just love him! Here he is just hanging out with daddy under a tree before the parade.
Here we all are in the back of the truck, just waiting for the parade to arrive where we were. We were kind of at the end of the route, so we had to wait a little bit longer. Ethan just used this time to navigate through the truck and find cool things to play with. As you can tell, Grandma enjoyed playing with him!
Ethan was just content to hang out with grandma. I think he just likes the attention and the fact that she gives him whatever he wants! They get spoiled so quickly in life!
That is the face of a child watching people walk through a parade for the first time. You can just imagine what is going on in his head..."What are they doing walking like that and waving at me?!" He was quite enthralled with the fire trucks! (NOTE TO GRANDPA RAS: I think we will have a future firefighter on our hands!)
Then, of course, we had exhausted all of our party energy. He couldn't take it anymore. He climbed up to me and fell asleep during the parade. He had just had enough fun to last him all day! Poor thing! He was so good. But, from a mother's point of view, he desperately needed a nap!
We also went to the fireworks at Granite. It was a fantastic fireworks show. Ethan didn't last very long with the fireworks. They were kind of scary! But, it didn't stop him from falling asleep, yet again, in my arms. But, can you blame him?! It was 11 by the time we were done. That was way past his bedtime. Good thing we decided to sleep at grandma and grandpa's!
Saturday morning, we woke up early for my parent's ward 4th of July breakfast. It was great! From there, we went (and took Ethan) to see Ice Age 3. It was a very cute movie. By the end of that, we were very tired and ready to relax. We went back to my parents for a little bbq and homemade root beer! What an exciting holiday!
