4th of July

Back from blogging hiatus I'll recap July. On July 4th after spending some time at the pool, waited out the storms, then we had a block party with our neighbors. We grilled out and shared a ton of food.  

Ezra and Emerson were just as excited about pretzels. Sometimes you need a little help to finish your snack. By the way that's not a wound on Emerson's arm. She got a tattoo from the library of all places. 

The kids enjoyed some fresh watermelon and corn. How can you not have watermelon on the 4th? I made a not so pretty coconut cake. But, it was so so tasty. I may or may not ate a bowl of leftover icing by itself. 

The kids had a great time playing and running around. Ezra knew how to take a break and relax. We stayed out until dark but ended up being too far from the fireworks to see anything. 

Happy 4th of July!

We had a busy fun filled weekend. For the 4th we decided to head to downtown Apex for an Olde Fashioned celebration. It was HOT and humid! We walked around downtown and Emerson had a blast not being confined to a stroller. Ezra hung out in the stroller for the most part taking a nap. There was an old train car on display and Emerson climbed the wall to get to it! She also had lots of fun playing in the dirt. For some reason with everything going on that is what she wanted to do.

They had inflatables and I knew Emerson would be ecstatic. She wasn't keen on waiting in line but she had a blast in the end. Can you believe this pint size was scaling the wall? She had so much fun she refused to put her shoes back on and had a good old fashioned tantrum. :)  We walked around a bit more getting scorched and Emerson got a cow tattoo and I made a piece of artwork with her. It was a fun way to celebrate but we were starving by the end! For some reason they only had one concession stand that was out of food and there were tons of people so we headed out. Emerson was spent and crying she was hungry. So I loaded her up with snack bars and sunflower seeds and she took a good long nap when we got home. It stormed the rest of the day so our grilling plans were squashed but we had already done some awesome grilling this weekend. No fireworks for us this year. Sleep of a two year old is too important. Maybe next year. :)