4th of July

The Fourth of July was a blast, literally! We took the kids to the downtown "Street Fest". My (soon to be) stepson, 10, got to climb the rock wall. Both of my (soon to be) steps (7 and 10) loaded up on cotton candy and sno cones. Alex didn't like either the cotton candy OR the sno cones. I tried to get him to jump around in one of those blow up castles and he sat in the middle looking terrified. The lady felt so bad that she gave me my $2 back because he didn't jump OR have fun lol! Maybe next time. Alex LOVED the fireworks show. He wasn't scared of the lights or the booms and he just talked our ear off about it all the way home. Cadence jumped the first few booms but we were far enough away that she soon ignored it and just chewed on her hand the whole time. I was so worried I made Shawn keep us all a very far distance away from the fireworks because I was afraid of Cadence's hearing.

Cadence is starting to grab things and get very interested in them, so I'm going to go buy her some soft rattles and soft toys to grib and play with. She doesn't have enough control over her hands yet to not beat herself in the head with whatever she is holding, so I need some soft toys for her!

This morning we are going to take the kids to the park, so I better get off this blog and go cook some scrambled eggs and pancakes for breakfast! Hope everyone else had a safe time on the 4th!