4th of July

Every year our neighborhood puts on a parade and a pool party, with a BBQ lunch, for the 4th of July.  In the past we have loaded the kids in a wagon and pulled them along the parade route.  This is exhausting.  We considered letting them ride their tricycles.  Then, a friend of ours asked if they wanted to ride in the back of her jeep, which she decorated for the occasion.  The girls loved it:

 Dressing up is half the fun:

 My Dad joined us for the day:

 I wonder what Catherine is looking at, rather than at the camera:

 Sabrina on the high dive:

 Sabrina coming off the high dive:

 Catherine jumping in:

 My Dad and Catherine chatting:

 This boy and Sabrina played for at least 2 hours at the party ....

Patriotic Cookies

On Thursday we had some friends over for a play date. Because it was almost the Fourth of July, I decided that we could decorate some basic sugar cookies with red, white & blue sprinkles.

As an adult I really do not care for sprinkles. But, I have learned that toddlers LOVE sprinkles. I cannot tell you how many times we had to refill their individual cups of sprinkles.

Little J. liked to eat his cookies whole:

A. and P. actually decorated their cookies before they ate them:

Sabrina & Cookies

After everything we have gone through with Catherine and her refusal to eat, I still delight in Sabrina's desire and love of eating.

Frosted cookies with sprinkles seem to make her giddy:


Meal (and snack) times are a lot messier with Sabrina.