Freedom Fever!

On the morning before the fourth I woke up to Levi crying "I WANT A HOT DOG!" at 6:00am. In my ear. Grrrr. We don't usually have hot dogs around our house because there not the healthiest thing in the world so they are more of a treat (not that it's bad to eat them because we've sure had our share of hot dogs every other meal when that's all Mr. Picky would eat). Levi LOVES them. I'm mean LOVES them. He must have seen the buns in the kitchen and thought he'd see if he could sucker me into giving him one for breakfast. But I held my ground this time.

This time last year Max was only a month and a half old and we (Jason and I) went to the pancake breakfast our ward puts on for the couple hours where we were scheduled to work, then a relaxing, chill day at home with family.

This year, not so much. We were all over the place and it was tons of fun!

First stop: Pancake breakfast, and we actually got to eat this year, mmmmmmm good.

For some reason Spider Man showed up and when Levi got to go up and meet him he was totally stunned. He didn't know what to do he was so excited. He talked about it for a long time afterwords.
The best pic I have of all my boys. Amazingly they all had red, white and blue plaid shirts on hand. Yeah!!!
After the breakfast there were tons of things to do, including a parade where I put Levi right to work pushing Max.
These bouncy houses were the first things Levi saw and was very upset when we couldn't go in right away. The minute we were able you can bet we were standing in that line.
Max, looking longingly at his brother having some bouncy fun. Next year buddy.
Then they had a clown come and perform. I can't believe how good Levi was, he was absolutely enthralled with it all.
Levi finally got his hotdog.
So did Max, and some ice cream, and cotton candy, and popcorn.....
Yeah, I was suckered into another round of bouncy house fun.
Dad and Max waited patiently until we were done, ok, Levi was done. Tightrope walker!!!! BTW ever since he saw the clown he's been saying things like 'the great, amazing, levi!!!' and things like that. So cute.
Chase!
The tables have turned.
After the breakfast festivities we went home where we all to a good couple hours nap. They were so tired!

Jason and Levi went on a little ride around the neighborhood. Yeah, that's how we roll.
Then off to an afternoon BBQ with some friends where the boys quickly found the sandbox. Most of the sand was emptied after these kids were through with it! Laura, I think we owe you a bag of sand.
And Jason did what he does best.
More bouncing.
More sandbox. Max has a thing for shovels. After THAT BBQ we went for the annual Vial firework display/BBQ. By this time Levi was pretty tired and didn't pay too much attention and Max was terrified half the time. That's ok, we still had fun!
Happy belated fourth!