Happy 4th of July!

Every year my kids look so forward to the 4th of July for one thing (no its not the fireworks!!!!) the parades with all the candy! Well this is the first year that we had to miss it because it was pouring down rain all morning. The kids were really upset as they had been waiting all week for the parade. But never fear....New Town St. Charles was also having a parade. The rain was now a drizzle so we decided to brave it to that parade with our friends Whitney and Mark and their daughter Ava.
Here is the kids waiting patiently for the parade to start. Wouldn't you know it though, right before the parade was to begin it started raining again :( But we are already here so we put the umbrellas up and waited for the parade.

This parade was not very big but the kids still scored TONS of candy, which is all they cared about anyway. So it did turn out to be a decent 4th of July. Now as far as the fireworks, we watch them out Adriana's window because we sit up on a hill and we can see fireworks for miles. Plus they are still scared of the noise so this works out better without having to brave the crowds at the fairs.