Happy Independence Day!

We celebrated the Fourth by taking Jacob to Island Playground that morning and we all had a great time. Jacob loves that place! His favorite things are the slides and the cash register, which he calls a "button." Actually, he calls anything with buttons to press a "button."

Taking off shoes and getting ready to play!

Here he is digging for dinosaur bones.

Ready...set....GOOOOOO!!!!!!

He went down this slide over and over and over and over and over.......well, you get my point.

Crawling out of one of the bouncy castles

That will be twenty-two dollars and sixteen cents, please.

He went down this slide by himself once before and it wasn't quite as fun. He tried to sit up on the way down, which caused him to tumble all the way to the bottom. He didn't really cry, but he said "No, no, no" when I asked him if he wanted to do it again. The experience was much more enjoyable when Daddy went down with him. They ended up going down several times. One time, Jacob's hair was standing straight up because they slid down so fast. It was hilarious. I wish I had taken a video of it.

Later that afternoon, Katie and her boyfriend, Tim, came to visit. We went to Frankie Bones for dinner and Jacob was very well behaved. I was so proud of him. We were planning on going to see fireworks afterwards, but decided to hang out at the house instead. The D.C. fireworks had just begun when we got home, so we watched them on TV. Jacob still had fun. He had an American flag and a patriotic pinwheel that he waved in the air while he watched. He loves fireworks.

We aren't totally lame parents because we did take Jacob to see fireworks last weekend at Bluff Fest (an early July 4th celebration). They were selling these little light-up swords and of course, we had to get one for Jacob. He loves his "sud."