We had a nice, fun, family-friendly 4th this year! We started the morning by Greg waking up at 6 am - full of energy - while Ben and I slept until almost 8. Unheard of. After some coffee, Greg decided to go run 6 miles while I felt like the laziest person alive. What a beast!
After dressing in our most patriotic outfits, we drove down into Downtown Bothell and grabbed breakfast at the Alexa Cafe. We then walked to the park, checked out a tractor and killed time before the parade started at noon.
Kisses for dada.
The beginning of the parade started with 6 fire trucks slowly making their way down the road. Lights and sirens - the works. Ben loved every single second of it, and once they had passed, requested "more fire trucks please".
"Hi, fire trucks"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After Ben's nap, we drove up to Lake Stickney (Everett) to join the Christensens at a BBQ! Ben loved running around with Laryd and the other big kids. Laryd was SO patient with him, too - allowing him to interrupt their game of baseball whenever he wanted and fetching the soccer ball every time Ben kicked it into the bushes.
After the weather took a turn (didn't see that coming!!) we drove home to warm up with a hot bath and jammies. We are luckily able to see some of the big shows from our couch/deck, so we tried to stay up and watch for awhile - but every time I took Ben outside, he would bury his face in my neck and refuse to look. Maybe next year ;)
So many cute pics!
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