The Fourth of July is by far my favorite holiday! The weather is warm, cook-outs are on, we get to celebrate our amazing country, and our neighborhood puts on quite the party! We began the day by putting the finishing touches on our water balloon supply...
Every year, Cape Story puts on a fun parade based around a central theme. This year the theme was "Candy Land"! Once the final float passes by our street, a MASSIVE water fight begins- our side of the street verse the other side! We spent the previous night filling hundreds of water balloons so they were loaded and ready for battle.
Every family on the street creates their own stock pile and gathers on the corner to combine ammo before the parade begins.
The parade began with a marching troop of soldiers, the perfect way to remind us what this day is all about. Cape Story is the first neighborhood bordering Fort Story- most days we can hear training drills from the Fort and our kiddos love spotting the S.E.A.L. boats & black hawk helicopters flying over the bay. Growing up in this military town constantly reminds me of my neighbors sacrifice.
^^ Poor Ikey was startled by the necklace that was perfectly tossed from a float!
^^ The Beach Cart Brigade!
^^Our neighborhood President & all her spirit! We love Empsy!
^^ Poor W received a water balloon straight to the chest! He quickly retreated to the safety of our front yard for the rest of the fight!
^^ The final float was secretly a water attack from the opposing side of the street! And the battle begins!
^^ Matt being the kid-at-heart that he is, was in the middle of it all. He was the commander leading an army of 8 year olds, launching balloons and pouring 5 galloon buckets on anyone who shot against us!
^^ After the parade, there is a party in the park- complete with live music, breakfast sandwiches, donuts, and an ice-cream truck!
^^ Nutty-buddy cheers!
^^ My Dad & the King of the Chesapeake. These two have been watching the parade since their kids were in diapers...
^^ And here we are now!!.... with our own little guys. H&W<3
This is a GREAT photo we re-created from the party in the park last year! Matt and I had recently moved in to the neighborhood, and The Bibee Family were our newest friends. Since then, Anne and I have grown to be besties and our boys have done the same. These two have learned to crawl, walk, talk, and explore together- as we have learned to become Mommy's along side them.
^^ Our beloved Schaefer family girls, dancing the day away!
^^ Headed home for nap before the next party!
^^ Later on in the day, we hosted a cookout in our backyard.
^^ The grill master himself!
Our cousin Sara & her boyfriend Nate spent the weekend with us... LOVE having family in town!
We ended the cookout with mini-pies & s'mores... fuel for staying up for the fireworks.
^^ This little guy played hard all day & crashed wayyyy before the fireworks began... maybe next year!
This was by far our best Independence Day yet. We had a blast with our friends and family & spent the day celebrating the greatness of our freedom. I am so, so thankful to be a part of the U.S.A.!
xo,
Monica
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