Fourth of July 2013

Updates on McKay -
She asks to sit on the potty every time Clifton does.  We put her on but she has not quite figured out how to go potty.
She is at a tough stage right now.  She sure can throw a temper tantrum.  She is at the stage of screaming.  Screaming when she wants something, screaming when she is mad, screaming when she is excited, etc... She has a lot of words in her vocabulary but she does not use them when she needs to communicate.  So hopefully she can learn to use her words and the temper tantrum happen less often.

Updates on Clifton -
He is starting to stutter, however I am sure he is doing it on propose.  I am not sure if he thinks it is funny/fun to do or just testing new ways to talk.

For cub scouts this week the boys had a bike rodeo.  I brought my little ones along with their push cars so they could run around.  They had fun, especially Clifton.

 Popsicles for dessert.  This was McKay's first time with a popsicle.  She loved it!

It was a good evening out!

This week I had a car because Alex took a few days off and had a few days off for the holiday.  So Wednesday the library was having a big truck event.

 The kids got to get in a fire truck, police cruiser, ambulance, and lawnmower/tractors.  They even got to push the button for the siren.  McKay also tried to stay with a fire fighter:)  I tried to get her out and she just wanted to sit on his lap and flirt.  Oh boy!

Clifton being silly!

Fourth of July! This holiday is actually my least favorite.  Fireworks are fine and I enjoy a good show, however I dislike fireworks for weeks before and weeks after.  But this year was a good one!

We started the morning out with dropping Daddy off at a mountain so he and Uncle Andrew could go mountain biking.  Then we went to see Despicable Me 2 with cousins!  That was McKay's first movie at the theater.  She did great and so did Clifton.  I am guessing we will be doing more movies this summer.

Our family outfits for the day. All still fit form last year:)

We spent the rest of the day at Grandma and Grandpa Peterson's!

Testing out Grandpa's new "tractor" lawnmower.  Clifton was in heaven!

 Joe helping Clifton roller skate!

 Being cute!

 Stomping on pop its.

Fireworks!  My kids were terrified last year from the fireworks.  But this year Clifton loved them!  McKay liked them too until she got too tired.  It was a good Fourth of July. The best we have had in a long long time.

Friday we had our friends come visit and help Daddy build a sandbox/flower bed/garden bed.

The kids love the sandbox!!!  The garden bed and flower bed part still needs to be filled with dirt and flowers/seeds.  So I will put the picture of the whole thing up when we finish.

A fun filled week!