Happy Fourth of July!

We went down to watch the Kirkland parade again this year. Mason loved all the trucks and buses, danced to the music, had a flag fight with buddies Porter and Jaxon, and enjoyed a large popsicle.

We had a few friends over that evening to join in our neighborhood’s war zone activities. We live in unincorporated King County so setting off fireworks is legal. Our neighborhood takes full advantage of this. Earlier in the weekend while we were doing yardwork and Mason was playing peacefully in the dirt, some of the neighbors set off some M80’s. It scared the you know what out of poor little Mason. He was scared to go outside all weekend and he usually loves being outside. For our own little firework show, he and I sat in the back of my car. Yesterday was the first day he didn’t confirm with me that there would be no more fireworks.