To celebrate the Fourth of July we had a BBQ at Mom's house. But what is a summer BBQ with out a water balloon fight? Linda, Mom and I filled up about 100 balloons and the kids could hardly wait to get started but first they had to eat dinner. Colton thought the water balloons were great. He loved reaching into the bucket and pulling one out and throwing it as hard as he could, not at anyone really because he just liked that they popped when they hit the ground. He did get a little wet while we were filling them because the hose was a little out of control.
After the water fight we let all the kids have some Pops/Snaps. He loved them but couldn't throw them hard enough to always make them crackle so he learned very quickly he could stomp on them. Then that became his favorite thing to do with them.
Linda made some very yummy home made ice cream that were ate before the fireworks began. Before the main firework show we let the kids do sparklers, thankfully with no accidents. There were a lot of kids running around with very hot sticks! They all had a lot of fun though. Carl and Alan rigged up the firework show this year. It worked for some of them but unfortunately they ran out of day light and had to light them the old fashioned way... with a lighter. All in all a very fun day spent with family!
