4th of July Celebration

For the past 5 years we have been celebrating the 4th of July at a party put on by some friends who's son has attended our school since the day we opened.  The first year we went, our Camryn was two and our little man pierce was only 4 weeks old.  We now go with four children, and find ourselves far from being able to mingle with the adults.  Thankfully, Camryn and Pierce can swim like fish, so we have to keep our eye on them in the pool when it gets crowded, but do not have to have our hands on them at all times.  The twins are a different story.  We have had them in our pool several times this summer and by the time we set them free on the sun deck in our friends pool, they were insane.  They both love to walk right off the step over and over and go under with no concern about who is going to save them.  Aaron and I had to set up a blockade on the steps to keep them safe.  Hopefully by next summer they will be swimming like Pierce was at 2.  We had no idea if the babies would make it to firework time after a couple of hours of swimming, but they did, and it was so worth it.
It started with Camryn and Pierce getting their very first sparklers.

I was sure that baby girl "E" would be afraid of the fireworks, and had no idea what to expect from baby boy "D."  At the first boom, "E" went for Daddy and "D" got SO EXCITED!  He would not even sit in my lap and wanted down on the blanket with the other kids where he would bounce up and down, point, and scream "WOAH" with every boom.  He even crawled over to some strangers, screamed, and pointed to the sky as if to say "Do you see this???"  Everyone around us was cracking up laughing at how excited he was.  

Needless to say we had a GREAT 4th of July celebration, and all came home and crashed!  Hope you had a wonderful time as well.