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Friday my baby girl went off to 1st grade and rode the bus for the 1st time.

She told me she had a good day.

I’m praying this year goes smoothly for her.

Our first Phillies game as a family!

A wonderful gift from the in-laws.

They lost the game, but we still had an amazing time.

Can’t wait to do it again

More Wordless Wednesday visit 5 Minutes for Mom!

Alex wakes up a little after 9am.

We rush to the potty, take off his soggy night time dipe and he goes pee with great success.

On goes the underwear, Thomas the train to be exact, though he has never once watched the show. Is that show still on?

About 20 minutes later I ask the big question, “Alex, do you need to go pee pee?”

He answers with a resounding “NO!”

I tell him he should just try.

Off to the potty we run. Shorts and underwear down. Sits on the potty. Pees.

We both exclaim, “Yay, pee pee!”

This is the way it goes all morning and he manages to stay dry!

After lunch he’s playing out in the backyard. He comes to the sliding glass door to let me know he’s wet.

Strip off the wet stuff and get ready for the pool.

We go to the pool.

He goes potty twice there.

He puts on some Finding Nemo underwear when he’s done swimming.

Falls asleep on the way home. Put him in a diaper while he’s still asleep for his nap.

Wakes up, Brian takes him to the potty as I’m at Walmart. Brian calls me to let me know Alex is complaining about having to poop.

He has a pee accident when I get home from Walmart.

Football underwear this time.

Goes pee without issues until bedtime.

Night time diaper on.

*I would never have purposely started potty training Alex as he just turned 2 and the girls didn’t have success until 2.5 to 3yrs. But.. he has been leading the way on this. I’m excited. Praying it goes smoothly and that he’ll start going #2 on the potty too!*

Friday

We hung out with the neighbors.

Great food.

Ladder Golf and Cornhole.

Sparklers, firecrackers, fireworks and a bizarre Chinese lantern.

Beer, alcohol infused sweet tea, pina coladas and a few shots of tequila, okay, a lot of shots of tequila.

The kids had fun playing with their friends.

One by one they went to bed, starting with Alex and ending with Katie.

We moved the party to the Withrow’s backyard

Brian left after 1am as he had to be up early for a meeting.

I stumbled arrived home around 3am.

Saturday

I awoke to my head spinning.

I slept in until I absolutely had to get up from bed.

Ice water became my best friend.

I talked to the neighbors.

I lounged around a lot.

At the last minute I we decided to go to the Dublin Fireworks.

Packed everything up.

Grabbed some Benny’s Cheesesteaks for us and Wendy’s for the kids.

Got a great parking spot.

Got a great area on the grass in the shade in perfect viewing area of the future festivities.

We listened to Kenny Loggins play live.

Kids went on 7 jumpies.

Got tattoos and face painting.

Brian got us funnel cake.

Then the kids ran amok until it was time to watch the show.

The fireworks were absolute amazing!

We got to our van quickly and made our way out pretty fast as well.

We will definitely be getting those spots again!!

Sunday

We slept in until 11am.

Got ourselves together and left for the Hilliard Parade at 1:55.

Parade started at 2:00 and I wasn’t sure exactly where it ended.

We made it to the end of the parade route with plenty of time to spare.

Got some Taco Bell and waited.

Kids got loads of candy.

We went home.

Alex took a nap.

The girls went and played with the neighbor kids.

Brian did work.

I did editing on our cell group video.

We went to Agape Fellowship’s 4th of July Tailgating party.

Got a nice spot in the shade.

Were joined by the Olson’s.

Had free hotdogs, popcorn, popsicles and pop.

Played some cards, sevens.

Kids ran free and had fun with a soccer ball.

Then came the sparklers.

All the kids got excited, including Alex who had done some Friday night with no problems.

Alex did his second sparkler.

He started trying to grip it with both hands and was being erratic.

I got his hands away.

I accidentally grabbed the sparkling end of the sparkler.

My pointer finger and thumb were charred.

I showed Brian and he told me to get it on ice.

I ran to the free drinks and stuck my hand in the ice water.

They gave me a huge chunk of ice and a cup.

I whimpered as we watched the fireworks.

My fingers were on fire if they were not gripping ice or submerged in ice water.

For the second time this weekend ice water had become my best friend.

I had it submerged until 1am.

Then I alternated between a bag of ice as I was trying to sleep to dunking it in the cup of ice water next to my bed.

I woke up to barely any burning.

Swollen fingers.

Three things I learned this weekend:

1. Tequila shots are not a good idea.

2. Skin continues to burn after initial contact.

3. Ice water is an amazing cure for many things!