4th of July

We invited our small group to come over for coffee and donuts

before the annual Wake Forest Children's Parade.

Nothing says Happy 4th of July like 5 dozen donuts!

Enough eating. Let's go line up!

Ready to ride! She was so excited, especially because we didn't make it to last year's parade.

My big boy riding his bike in the parade for the first time!

He and Kate had fun decorating their bikes with Josh early that morning.

My littles had a sweet ride too.

Hey, it's Uncle Sam!

And a dog with a tutu trimmed in red, white and blue sequins.

Does Bailey need one of those?

Taking a break to let the crowd thin out.

4th of July cutie pie.

The aftermath. Looking like a daycare!

We came in and rested after a fun morning, then headed back out to the Meekins for a cook-out. We did it last year right before the Martins were leaving, and were thrilled that they would invite us to come back this year (plus the Martins were back! Awesome!) The weather got a little iffy, so we didn't get to do all the fun games from last year, like the donut-eating contest, or the sack race, or the water balloon toss.

But we cooked and ate and hung out and it was really fun.

And the kids thoroughly enjoyed the slip-n-slide!

Kate and her buddy Job, deep in conversation.

Mollie had enough fun for one day. All good things must come to an end : )