Fourth of July

I can't remember the last time the Fourth of July was so hot! It definately made for a fun weekend, lots of time outside! I think Mason had the most fun out of all of us. The weekend started out with a field trip for his pre-school. We went to Jim's U-fish so the kids could finish up their week learning about fish by actually fishing. They also had some pretty interesting animals running around for the kids to look at. Their was a camel, emu's, peacocks, pony's, etc. Mason was sitting on a picnic bench eating lunch when he turned around and a shetland pony was nose to nose with him trying to get a bite of sandwich! Needless to say this did not make Mason happy because when it comes to food he does not like to share! Despite the pony incident Mason had a great time, he caught two fish with Daddy and he ran around with his little girl friend Ruthy.

After our adventure at the U-fish, we spent the rest of the weekend down at Paw-Paw and Grandma Arnold's because they put in a pool! I can't think of any better way to spend a hot weekend than playing in a pool. Taylor absolutely loved it, where as Mason thought it was a little to cold at first. Sitting in a pool for an hour or so did wonders for Taylor's skin. We had a little dougnut floaty thing that she could sit in and just lounge around while everyone pushed her around the pool. She definately thought she was the princess!

As for fireworks, we just spent some time at my parent's house. They have a wonderful view of the Orting valley. You can see the fireworks show from the Muckleshoot's, the Orting firework show, and not to mention everyone else who is setting them off from their home. Mason also got to have some fun with sparklers and he thought it was pretty cool that he got to put on his own firework show. So it was a great weekend and now we are just trying to get back to a "normal" routine.......