This Fourth of July we went to a friend's house for some water fun and then a cookout. The kids had never played on a Slip and Slide before, and Malinda really wanted to get one for her girls so they got one and Benjamin was really the only one who could really get it. It took him a while, but once he got going he was an expert!
Malinda's girls weren't too hot on the Slip and Slide, so we ran out and split a baby pool that sprayed water to keep at her house. The girls really did have a blast in it.

Elijah got the fun job of shucking all the corn for the cookout, and after we ate we all enjoyed some sparklers and Malinda's dad brought some mild fireworks:

Avery of course had no fear of the sparklers, but Maddie wasn't a fan. They ended up going back inside. Everyone else had a wonderful time, though!

The kids were exhausted and filthy by the time we got home, and it really was a nice time. Too bad they didn't sleep past 8:00, and only today did they really sleep in enough to make me think they caught up on that missed sleep. I got up to quiet at 8:30!