New Favorite Holiday

Haylie's new favorite holiday is the 4th of July.  What's not to love about this summer holiday?  This year, we attended the LibertyFest parade and let me just say...

This. Kid. Loved. It.

From seeing it with two of her BFF's, watching the firetrucks with sirens, horses, princesses (Miss Oklahoma, Miss UCO, etc.), marching bands (ok, this was just my favorite) and everything else, this kid barely sat still!  She kept waving at everyone and shouting "Hooray!!"  Not to mention she got to wave her American flag. 

Waving...

Still waving...

Jace slept through some of the parade but with all the sirens going off, that didn't last long.  I guess he feels like he needs to hold on or else he'll fall out.

After the parade, we decided to keep celebrating with grilling out lunch and letting the girls play in the kiddie pool in the backyard. They thought they were big time stuff because we let them play outside while we watched through the window.  They didn't know they were being supervised AND the adults got to stay in the A/C.  It was a win-win.

After everyone went home for naps, we met back up for the LibertyFest ParkFest at UCO.  What else is more fun than watermelon, bouncy houses, big tubs of water to splash in and getting a patriotic heart  on your face?  NOTHING.

Then we let them stay up way too late watching fireworks.  Haylie was really scared at first but once she got to snuggle with Daddy and watch the cool lights, she really loved them.  Jace did great too.  He was such a trooper this whole day.

Forget Christmas. This was the best holiday yet!