Fireworks

I love summer! It is absolutely my favorite time of year. I love the long hours of sunlight and the hot days and going to the pool. I also love celebrating the Fourth of July with good friends. This was our third annual celebration at Michele and Barry's house.

Wesley's likes all of Evan dress-up stuff. Here he is as Darth Vadar and Evan is dressed up like a Storm Trooper.
Here is Wesley dressed up like a dinosaur and Hunter is a snake costume. Wesley only got out of the costumes to eat (all he ate was cherry pie, a cupcake, and ice cream) and for the fireworks.
Wesley likes the sparklers.

So does Lydia.

We watched the Falls Church City fireworks from the driveway.

It's a good thing Josiah had a three hour nap after the parade on Monday because he was still awake to see the fireworks. I think he liked them.

I felt a little overwhelmed having three kids at the party. Josiah is into everything. He even drank someone's juice box and turned over someone else's water. I did walk away from him at one point because Lydia was begging me to go in with her to get a cupcake (why couldn't she go by herself?). Thankfully another mom with three kids picked up Josiah for me and kept him from getting into who-knows-what. Because he required so much supervision, I never even tried to get Lydia or Wesley to eat dinner. Chris said that Lydia must have eaten her weight in watermelon.

It was a very fun evening and I loved seeing so many friends. I'm already looking forward to next year's party.