4th of July 2010

So, before I get to our super fun 4th of July (and the 372 pictures I have to post of it), I've got to talk about our little sick and injury prone men.  This past week we have dealt with the following:

• Landon got pneumonia... in JULY!?!  Poor thing sounded like he was smoking a pack a day.  Happy to report that he is A-OK as of his Dr. appointment this morning.

• Liam nearly breaking his nose TWICE in one day.  I'm talking gushing blood and a near two trips to the ER.  Luckily, no bones have been broken... yet.
• Gabe got bi-lateral pink eye.  Luckily we caught it quick and had eye drops on hand, so his eyes were goop free within a day.

I'm hoping that we got all the sickies out before we leave for vacation on Sunday.  A girl can hope, right?


Now onto our 4th of July celebrations!  We started the day heading out to Pymatuning State Park with Mom Mom, Pap Pap, Chad, Danielle, Jonathan, and Julianne.  We were armed with loaves of bread and buns to feed the fish, ducks, geese, and seagulls.  Never seen so many carp in my life!!!  A little gross, but a sight to behold none the less.  All the kiddos (and some of the big kids) had fun feeding the fish and birds.

9,237 carp all waiting for a bite.

Seagulls... willing participants in Cliff and Chad's bread throwing contest.  See the blue orb above the left seagulls wing?  Aunt K was there with us too!  :)

Julianne baskin' in the sun!

Liam and Jonathan.  These two blew through loaf after loaf feeding the animals.  They had a ball!

After the fish were full (yeah right!) and our bread bags were empty, we headed to the lake to have a picnic lunch and wade in the water.  Wasn't too sure how the boys would react, but it was good practice for vacation!  Lets just say, Landon will be hanging at the water's edge while we wrangle Liam and Gabe away from the deep water.

Daddies and Pap Pap hanging with the kiddos.

After drying off (and a quick change of clothes!), we packed up our picnic and headed over to Deer Park with Mom Mom and Pap Pap.  The boys had a blast!  Liam and Gabe feed a bunch of animals, while Landon took up his favorite roll of spectator.  Landon might be our animal lover, but he's our animal lover... from a DISTANCE!  :)

We saw some animals...

Took a pony ride on Casper and Popcorn...

Became students and jail birds...

Rode a train ride throughout the park...

And had a blast in the playground...

After a long day having fun in the sun, we said good-bye to the animals (all of which say "moo" according to Landon) and headed home for dinner and a fireworks display by Cliff.  The boys had such a fun time and were pretty good boys despite the sweltering heat.  We even ventured out without a stroller!  Looking forward to many more 4th of July memories to come.

Mom Mom, Pap Pap, and the boys waiting on the fireworks.

Happy 4th of July!!!