A happy Fourth, indeed

  

Just look at my Fourth of July cuties!













With unusually temperate early July weather, the parade this year was really enjoyable. We rode our bikes and found a nice shady spot in the grass, and cheered for the old cars, the emergency vehicles, marching bands and SClarita "royalty." Cora took a coloring book and Violet played with the bike tire, rolling it around, when they got bored.

Later in the day, after Cora swam the width of our pool three times (!!), we had my parents and Colleen, Rigo, Liana and Lucas over for a barbecue.

Violet and Liana played so well together! No arguing or fighting from either 2-year-old...

 ...and quite a few hugs. They were playing a "bumping" game, where they would bump into each other, say "I'm sorry," and burst into giggles.

We feasted, pot luck style, on grilled chicken, veggies and burgers, potato salad and ice cream sundaes.

Christine and Luke joined us for a while, too; my mom will attend Christine in their upcoming wedding this winter. It will be a busy few months for us with wedding and shower festivities for both Kelly and Christine!

In this photo, Lucas is telling us a joke.

 And, then we carried on with our tradition of driving to Granary Square and walking a few blocks to see the city's fireworks show. It always feels good to have a bit of a walk after stuffing ourselves!

The fireworks show lasted until after 9:30, so it was a very late night. Thursday was a sleepy day for us all.