The 4th!!

We started the day getting all ready to be in the yearly neighborhood parade - keely rode her bike in it for the first time this year

The parade ends at the park where there's tons of fun waiting: a clown making balloon 'animals' for the kids, free snow cones, a playground, and a huge potluck lunch

Keely got a magic wand that made noise when you shook it, but Asher was terrified of the clown and the clown wouldn't make balloons for kids who didn't come to him :(

After all the excitement of the morning we took a nap, ate a wonderful dinner with grandparents staska and johnson, then roasted marshmellows over the grill for...

S'mores of course! with a side of root beer float and another snow cone

of course the best part of the 4th is the fire works and Justin (and some other neighbors) saw to it that the kids saw plenty, setting off a bunch in the street - Asher was probably the most impressed and excited by it all...a perfect fun day as always