Happy Fourth of July! I always get the boys patriotic shirts or outfits for the Fourth of July and it is something I look forward to every year. One of those silly things that makes the day a bit more special.
This year our plans for the Fourth of July fell through last minute (like 9:30 the night before) so we had to improvise. I ended up making a carnival for the boys in our backyard and it ended up being really fun. It actually was really nice to spend the day together, just our little family and celebrate and have some fun. Our first game was tossing a ball into a bucket full of water. Will said this was his favorite game.
Next we went fishing. Ben was so proud of his catch! When we put him down for his nap he said his favorite game was catching fish. It was so sweet to hear that he had enjoyed it so much.
Our next game was the bean bag toss. Will did so well on this game I had to keep moving him back to make it more difficult.
Our last game was popping balloons to find a piece of paper with the prize they had won written inside. Both boys were a bit unsure about the loud popping balloons, so I probably wont do that game again. Oops!
Some of the prizes they won were snaps (pop its) and popsicles. Even though it was just kind of thrown together it didn't matter to them, they had a great time!
Then in the afternoon we got our our water slide bounce house and played together.
Will and Dave had fun trying to make shots in the basketball hoop that is inside the bounce house. I'm not sure who won but they had fun trying to throw in as many as they could.
After our BBQ and before Will and Ben's bedtime we did fireworks. It was still quite bright out but the boys loved it anyway. Will's favorite fireworks were the flowers and Ben's were the parachutes. We also had snakes and sparklers and more snaps. It ended up being the perfect day.
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