Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Memorial Day Weekend 2006
Ethan was being a great big brother to Elliot at the parade, he was making sure that he was safe and getting his share of the candy!
Carter enjoyed the parade despite the heat. He stayed cool in the shade!
We ran into several friends when we got there and the kids had a great time. Ezra missed out on the parade though. He was not feeling well. I took him to prompt care that afternoon and learned that it was just his allergies and that he needed to be on a stronger allergy med and that has made a huge difference for him. Later that day he was feeling a bit better and went with the "guys" for wings! They tried the new place but have tried to convince the wives that it was not as good as ShowMe's. We are smart enough to figure that there must have been a huge difference in the waitresses there. Boys will be boys I suppose.
While they were doing that the three little ones and I went to the park to meet up with some friends. Here a few pictures from that.
On Sunday we enjoyed a visit with my brother and his family. Then later that night we watched the Herrin Festa Italiana fireworks display from my parents house. That was with my sister and her "significant other", and also my niece and her husband and their little girl.
Monday was very busy. We went over to Phillip and Patty's for swimming and a barbecue. The kids had a great time and so did we. All of the boys swam, even Elliot who last year wouldn't get in the water. Here are some pictures from that.
After all of that excitement, and chasing Elliot around naked for a bit. I took the kids home and we gathered our thoughts and headed over to Herrin for the carnival rides at the HerrinFest. The kids really had a busy busy day. We did not get home until late and they were all exhausted and upset when I informed them that they had to get baths even though it was late. After swimming and a carnival it was just absolutely necessary. Here are some pictures from the carnival.
Those last three pictures are from the Zipper, Ezra actually rode this with Ethan, Elliot, Carter, and Mommy watching from below. As you can see he survived this but was not willing to get back on for another turn.
WOW this was a really long post for a really great long weekend/kickoff to summer!
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