Monday, July 5, 2010

park day, 4th, and a birthday

My friend Eve showed us a new hot spot for the summer. A park and wading pool with two hours of free parking right next to the river. So fun! I had driven by there and always thought it was impossible to get to and a pricey place. We spent an afternoon there and had a blast. It was a little chilly for the pool so we went to the park. I totally thought Noah broke his arm there, but it just got pinched. Thank goodness.

Classic Boston. There goes a Duck Boat on the Charles.
We were actually real close to Josh's lab. It's pretty much behind Charlie in that swing pic.

We celebrated Independence Day in Rhode Island with a bbq and annual water balloon toss/fight. Each year there are more and more balloons and each year we get more drenched!
Go Charlie! Oops!
Here's the tame stuff...
Uh oh, it's gonna get crazy!
Then we went out to watch fireworks.. Poor Josh was still soaked. Presley let him use her Cinderella blanket to keep warm :)
We had the BEST selection of glowy bands thanks to Mike and Ruth!
Today we celebrated Charlie's birthday. He woke up to balloons hanging on the walls and thought he'd died and gone to heaven. He sat happily at breakfast with a balloon under one arm as he fished the marshmallows out of his Lucky Charms.

We hosted the toddler play group at our house this morning so friends could have cupcakes with the birthday boy. We had a dog theme since dogs are Charlie's fave. We made our own doggie bags with home made paw print stamps. (It's not toddler time at my house without an art project!)
Then we sang happy birthday!

I can't believe he's 2!!!
For dinner we went out to Fridays. It's nice and loud there and it is a much better alternative to Chuck E. Cheese, which I think Noah's beginning to out grow.
Love ya birthday boy!

4 comments:

allegra said...

happy bday charlie!!

that one picture where he's looking down at the toy (one of the last pics), he looks a lot like Presley I think. He is getting so big! What a fun fourth you guys had!

SewSara said...

happy bday to charlie!
your 4th looked like a lot of fun. i always love seeing what you guys are up to :)

denise plant said...

I'm dying at how cute that last picture was! It looks like your 4th (5th 0r 3rd?) was fun! Hilarious pic of Josh w/ the Cinderella blanket!

Linda Marie said...

My favorite part of this post was the "as he finished eating the marshmallows out of his lucky charms." Classic. He is so big!!