4th of July Fun!

If you know one thing about me it's that I absolutely adore holidays. I love to decorate, make festive foods, wear festive clothes, and basically submerse myself (and my family) in each holiday for at least a week month. My FAVORITE holiday is Valentine's Day, followed closely by Christmas and Halloween. My least favorite holiday is the 4th of July. I love what it stands for, but I'm not crazy about the noise and I get a little anxiety about the dangers of fireworks (especially since Reese came into the picture). However, I can usually pull myself together and have a good time anyways! This year we had a great time celebrating on the 4th and for several days leading up to it. Here are some of the fun things we did!

We made a few 4th of July crafts!

We wore festive clothes all week. Reese might have been a bit tired of it. :-)

We played with festive star chalk (thank you target dollar bin).

We had festive pancakes on the morning of the 4th.

Yum!

After the pancakes, we had a neighborhood parade. Here's Reese and her friend, Everleigh.





We went to Stearman's in Benton for 4th of July lunch and watched the biplanes fly. We highly recommend this restaurant...such a fun experience.

Reese was decked out in 4th of July attire.

The best part about this restaurant was that there was a swing set a few feet away from the tables. PERFECT for busy toddlers and their parents who want to have a relaxing meal. Why don't all restaurants have this?!

Reese was SO excited to go to Maxx's Red, White, and 2 Birthday Party in the afternoon on July 4th. She held these flags the whole way there.

Then she fell asleep before we got there... She spent the first 45 minutes of the party in her stroller sleeping. This was actually a blessing because she got enough of a nap that she was in a good mood the rest of the evening. She had so much fun celebrating at the Hursh's house. She loved riding the train, running around with her BFF Everleigh, and eating a bazillion cookies & cupcakes (and no actual dinner). They put on a great fireworks show for us, too! We had a blast! Poor girl is going to expect every weekend to be this much fun!

We lit off a few fireworks in front of our house on July 5th. Our favorites were the panda that climbed the tree, the friendship pagoda. and sparklers (of course).

 

That was our 4th of July in a nutshell! We hope you all had a fun and safe 4th as well!