Since it was officially a "birthday" ... we had to have birthday cake. Griffin and I had to run out to Home Depot for Mike first thing in the morning for some mortar, so we made a stop by Kroger for country spare ribs to grill and Griffin chose this birtday cake for dessert.
Later in the day I decided to take Griffin to the Fourth of July celebration in Sandy Hook. I had seen a sign earlier in the week at the grocery store inviting the community to join in ... so we did. Mike decided to stay home to work on the porch addition.
We were excited to see Keisha, Darren, Damian and Darius there. Keisha treated the boys to a snowcone to help beat the heat.
They had horse rides too ... the kids could ride as many times as they wanted to. Oh my goodness ... Griffin LOVED this!
And look at Darius ... he's quite the little cowboy himself! Yee Haw!!
Face painting was a BIG hit with Griffin. He told the lady he wanted a "purple circle" ... and that's what she did.
He was soooo proud of that purple circle ... it was so cute!
They also had a bouncy house ... I took a bunch of pictures of Griffin and Darius jumping in it, but I forgot to download them.
And then later in the evening after a delicious meal of grilled country spare ribs, corn on the cob, sauteed squash & zucchini and wild rice with mushrooms ...
It was time for the ...
SPARKLERS!!
This was Griffin's first experience with sparklers ... and he LOVED them. He called them "stars".
Enjoying some sparkling fun ...
And we ended the night looking for and trying to capture fireflies. You can't tell that's what he is doing in the picture ... but that was the goal.
It really was a great Fourth of July ...
There you are!
ReplyDeleteRunning a little late?
I checked earlier for a new post..and it was still yesterday's. I was afraid you might be sick..'cause you normally get up with the chickens:)
Looks like you all had so much fun!
I love the purple circle:)
Enjoy your weekend!
Hugs
Nice Post Missy, and I kinda think you captured the concept of what a typical 4th of July day is for most families----nice pics (darn no bouncy house pics?? rats!)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to celebrate the
ReplyDelete4th of July. Great fun, great friends, great food. And sparklers to boot.
Griffin selected a great cake!
ReplyDeleteLove your pictures of the festivities on the Fourth. The one of Griffin sitting cross-legged is so cute...such a sweet smile. He loves his purple circle. And the one with him holding the sparker needs a frame and a scrapbook page!
Sounds like ya'll had a great 4th!
ReplyDeleteWhen I saw the pic of Griffin gettin his face painted I had a twinge...wishin it was me that got to do that...silly huh? I'd of painted his face with purple circles all over..LOL
Did you catch any fireflies? I've been tryin to get one but no luck yet.
Sounds like yall had a fun holiday.
ReplyDeleteI know that G was having fun because you have proof in the pics which you can scrapbook:))
I can't help it everytime I see great pics of kids having fun I automatically think of scrapbooking the pics;))
Okay maybe I need therapy...hmmmm..
Have a great night..
Cecile
That's right, it is a birthday and I missed my opportunity for CAKE. I love some cake!! LOL, so do my big hips and butt
ReplyDeleteSounds and looks like ya'll had a wonderful time. Have a great week.
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