4th of July Weekend

Well boy did we have a busy weekend. Friday night we saw the fireworks at 9:30 that are in our town every year. Yes, they never have them on the 4th...just other nights. They were great and my youngest daughter loved them...her first July night being able to stay up that late to see them. I was surprised she loved them because she usually freaks out about loud noises although the finale did see her covering her ears. :)

That Sunday we went to a cousin's house for a barbecue and it was awesome. Had a great time. The kids loved it...my cousin also has two kids so they had a blast playing together. Went into the pool, on the swings, played with toys and ran around. My youngest slept until 9am the next day...usually she's up around 7am.

On Monday the 3rd we went to Massachusett's Audubon Sanctuary in Marshfield. It was terrific...lots of birds, chipmunks, frogs, bugs (well ok they weren't terrific), butterflies and more. Here's one butterfly we saw and the chipmunk:

And speaking of butterflies I caught a picture of one on our butterfly weed (i think it has another name but that's what we call it)plus a few more garden pictures:

And on the 4th we went to the local 4th of July parade in the morning...another long walk from where we parked:

And then that night we went to the local carnival for rides, games and way too salty popcorn. The kids loved the rides...my youngest daughter even went on the ferris wheel. And let me confess I was way more scared than she was. It's so wobbly and soo00 high! Then I went on the bumper cards with my oldest daughter....she loves those. We also went down the slide...the really high and fast slide! All in all it was a busy and great weekend. Now I suppose I should do some cleaning or something.