So yes, our fourth of July was a bit of a Saturday kind of day but that’s good since the husband has been working at least 60 hours a week. Yes I said at least. So it was very nice to just sit & do nothing. But the third of July? That was a different story, we spent the whole day at the beach with my husband’s side of the family. Which was filled with yummy food, jumping over waves & pranks. Yes we might have thrown seaweed at each other, scared each other with wrapping seaweed around each other…what? It’s nice to act like your 12 sometimes, even while holding your two year old on your hip. By the way, Micah absolutely loved when we would over exaggerate the waves that came crashing at us. And didn’t mind at all when a wave would smack him right in the face. Man it is nice to have such a laid back kid.

Me & Micah got a bit red even with 5 separate applications of sunblock. I kept forgetting my back & forehead…yes just my forehead is sunburn because of my giant sunglasses. Micah just has red cheeks & nose, the rest of him is TAN. You should have seen him once I stripped him down for the ride home. All our family couldn’t help looking at the contrast from his back to butt, a bit hilarious since I can burn after 20 minutes in the sun.

I just don’t like kid’s birthday parties. They end up being stressful, filled with junk food and socializing. Actually I wouldn’t mind the socializing if I didn’t have to wrestle a sugar filled two year old. What makes it all worth it? Seeing Micah happy & being with friends/family. So anyone other parents with me ? Heck you don’t even have to be parents, I disliked kids parties before I had Micah. Nothing better then swarms of people asking you when you”re going to settle down to  have kids, right?

Do kid’s birthday parties get easier with your kid getting older? And what’s the BEST kid’s birthday party that you’ve been to?

After a bunch of snacking & playing we went back outside. This time we walked to the park to enjoy some more time outdoors. The boys love being outdoors. We spent awhile playing, swinging, taking pictures, chasing Micah’s balloon & laughing at the park. It’s so nice to enjoy time outdoors with the wonderful weather we’ve been having in Texas lately. My nephew (T3) was as cute as can be, I couldn’t resist posting his chub on here! Look at those chubby wrists, hands, cheeks, arms, belly….oh man and if you could have seen his LEGS! SOOOOO chubby!!

All Micah’s pictures are blurry, poorly lit or just plain crazy. He would jump on me, run, slide or do something else when he saw the camera coming. Sometimes that just happens. But, oh how I love his upside down picture that was taken as he tackled me in a slide.

Him climbing up a slide to get me with a missing shoe. He spent most of the time at the park with only one shoe, he didn’t seem to care but that seems fitting since he has Flinstone feet (got it from his mama).

Oh Micah, your pictures might not be perfect, focused or shadow free but I love that they show your playfulness.