Mason's 4th Birthday and Independence Day

We have had a busy week over here. Before the excitement, enjoy the beauty of a lilly

 On Sunday the kids did an end of the year piano recital and did a great job!

Who taught him to do this?

 Henry got a big boy haircut and a sucker to help him hold still

 We got to celebrate Mason's 4th birthday this week. He got to choose his breakfast (chocolate cereal)

 We went to an indoor play place

 Mason helped Kim make the icing for his cake

 What an awesome cake

 Mason rekindled his passion for silly costume combinations

 Nixon and Mason helped get dinner ready

 Mason wanted to look in the fridge all the time to check on his cake

 We made homemade corn dogs for dinner

 Mason played with magnatiles while we cleaned up dinner

Then it was time for presents

 

 He got some Nerf guns

 And a giant water color mat

 Then we had the cake he has been asking about for months 

 It was DELICIOUS

 Mason even got to play with some of his new puzzles

 Here is a video documenting the day

I had the day off of work (kind of) on Friday so I got to go to the beach with everyone

Mason and I took the kayak out for a spin (we bought a kayak from a friend)

 Henry looked pretty cool in my sunglasses

 By Henry's expression you would think this slide is 100 feet tall

 On Saturday for the 4th of July Kim planned some fun minute to win it games for the kids that we did while Henry was napping (I won't explain the games because there is a video later that show them all)

 Lyza found a spider friend while we were playing (near her elbow)

 Then we tried a few fireworks

 After the games we went to a party hosted by two familes we know that live beside each other. This was the second annual party and it was lots of fun

The kids got some party favors when we got there

 We had some yummy food

 Henry played some ping pong

 The kids loved the giant slide

 Lyza got to hold a little bunny and you can tell she loved it

 We were good Americans and played with fire

 I got some pictures of the fireworks but not as many good ones as I would have liked. Since the show was not professional and was various groups of people setting off what they bought the timing of the explosions was really unpredictable

 Nixon and his sparkler

 I did some light painting with a sparkler

We had a really good 4th and are greatful to live in such a blessed nation

Here is a video of the fun we had

Take care