We had a fun, traditional 4th of July in Mississippi.
The day started out with the pledge of allegiance and Charlotte in a themed outfit:
We caught her admiring herself in the mirror:
The VanYperens came over later and there was a water balloon fight, sprinkler fun, and then everyone was enraptured by the "snakes".
You can see by their faces that they are quite pleased with how the snakes are "growing":
Of course, Arabelle decided this was her "baby":
The "Kids" table at the old fashioned barbecue, complete with homemade ice cream:
Noelle in her patriotic outfit:
Charlotte was really excited about helping with the deviled eggs, and she happily peeled all dozen eggs:
Then she ate several of them:
Arabelle was exhausted and fell asleep before fireworks. We tried to sneak her to her bed, but she heard the commotion and soon re-joined us:
And the traditional sparklers:
This was before Nicholas burned his finger on a sparkler, and was miserable the rest of the evening:
Papa instructing Charlotte on sparkler usage:
And...Charlotte using a sparkler:
