We had a fun Independence Day with a few funfilled activities! I was not on the ball this year as in past years to get make sure we had picnic-able food to go to the local rec. center, sit in the grass, eat, play and have a picnic dinner to then wait for the city fireworks show, so instead we did a few different things.
First we went bowling! I signed up for the Brunswick email because I wanted coupons for Corin's birthday and it has been great to get them just to know I have a coupon to do something fun with the boys if we ever wanted to. Well, the email I got was for one free game of bowling from July 1st-4th. So we decided to go! All we had to pay was shoe rental (which of course is more than the game) and decided not to get Declan shoes (they don't have a small enough size anyway as we found out for Corin's birthday) and he just bowled a little on Shane's turn. We got there pretty much right when the opened because I didn't know how crowded it could possibly get. Well, it wasn't crowded at all, pretty dead, so I was glad.
We were only there for a little over an hour so we came home and Corin rode his bike. I don't have pictures because I decided to video it on our camcorder instead. Now that he has learned to pedal he as been really into wanting to ride his bike, which is GREAT!! He still has some work to do (stopping, getting started on his own and continously pedalling) but he showed progress from when he started on Saturday til today, so I'm a happy Mama!
After lunch we headed to my parents house. My mom and I went out together on Saturday to do some errands we both wanted to do and she bought tons of strawberries that she wanted my help making freezer jam and freezing them whole. So we thought today was the perfect day to get that done and she bought the boys a small water slip and slide to play with. So while we were instead with strawberries Shane set up the water slide and took pictures for me. It took Corin a bit to get the hang of it (he thought it was going to be like a normal type slide) and they had fun playing in the water.
After the boys were finished with the water slide and they got dried off and clothes on they sat and watched a movie to have quiet time.
We then had dinner of ribs!! YUMMY!! When my mom and I were out on Saturday we went to Sprouts (where we got the strawberries for cheap, .88cents/lb) and they were grilling ribs! So my mom bought some for us to have today! They were really good!! Corin and Declan didn't much care for them. Declan quite enjoyed the spinach strawberry salad. I am grateful that my boys aren't picky eaters, or at least too much. I think they like and eat a good variety of food. I'd say Declan is less "picky" than Corin is. Corin doesn't like anything that is lettuce and Declan was gobbling up the spinach as long as we had a few strawberries to go along with it, but I gave him more spinach leaves than strawberries and he was eating it all. 
After dinner we watched the Rockies game (which we lost to the Atlanta Braves 4-1) and headed outside to have dessert, SMORES!! This was my boys first experience with a fire. Declan stayed away and Corin tried to roast a marshmellow, but didn't like being so close to the fire. He told me it hurt his eyes and face. My mom got these GIANT marshmellows from Walmart while we were there on Sat! Seriously they are HUGE!! On the back of the package it says to use a whole Graham Cracker sheet for one! When roasted the grew to twice there size and we got 2 smores out of 1 marshmellow and they were still extra marshmellowy, but SO fun to have! We had a great time and laugh with them!
Then we concluded our Independence Day with, of course FIREWORKS!! The boys LOVED the sparklers! Once one went out Declan would ask for more!
Watching the Fireworks Daddy was setting off.
Having fun with sparklers with Papa!
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