July 4th Weekend

And yet again I've let another few weeks pass since my last post. For the 4th of July weekend this past weekend Libby had her friend Molly come over at noon on Saturday for what was going to be a sleepover. Molly and Libby stayed pretty busy eating lots of red, white, and blue food that I made for them, drinking red juice with blue star-shaped ice cubes that I made, and having red, white and blue desserts. They also made a 4th of July craft and swam in the pool amoung other things to keep them busy. After dinner we decided to watch fireworks that were being put on display Saturday night. Just before we left we got a call from Molly's mom to see if Molly's little sister Emma could go with us and spend the night, too. Emma was dropped off and we were on our way to the fireworks. We got there and they had some carnival-type games that the girls played. After the games but before the fireworks the girls were basically sleep walking because they were so tired from their busy day so instead of waiting for the fireworks we decided to head back home. Once we were back home they played with sparklers and we made smores. However, Emma decided she really wanted to go home (this was going to be their first time having a sleepover at someone's house). Molly said that since their mom would be coming to pick up Emma she wanted to go home, too. They called their mom at 9:30 but she's a nurse and had been called into the hospital so she wasn't able to come pick them up until midnight. That turned it into a long day but it was a fun day.

Sunday we took it easy and on Monday Libby and I had quite a few errands to run so we were out for several hours Monday afternoon. Friday evening we went to watch the fireworks and had a nice time...until it was time to go home. There was so much traffic it took us an hour and a half to drive what is normally a 20-minute drive home! So, it was another long day but it was a nice day celebrating America's birthday!


Here are some pictures from the play date...and our 4th of July decorations that I still haven't posted about...