Low Key Fourth

This has been a veeeery quiet July 4th this year! We all slept in, then I made pancake batter and Brian cooked them up. Julia wanted red, white, and blue pancakes, so we did that! Brian bought half a flat of strawberries yesterday and we had those with the pancakes. Yummy! Yesterday Austin went to play at his friend, Carter's house, and the girls and I made a cake. I spread Cool Whip on it this morning and let them decorate it like a flag (this was also Julia's plan for our holiday). This was quite the project for them. Of course Julia knows what the American flag looks like and tried her best to make the cake look like that. Then there were the other two. When Austin realized it should look like a flag, he tried to make stripes and a blue area. But Lauren....she was dropping berries all over the cake, no matter where they would fall... A few had to be picked off and eaten. ;) Of course none of them minded that part. We told Lauren it looked like she was wearing fireworks in her hair today. Julia chose her own outfit, complete with socks that are red, white, and blue.





For lunch we picked up two $5 Footlong subs from Subway and brought them to Strother Park along with some chips and fruit from home. Julia was not overly cheerful at the park. We made her have a nap this afternoon, along with the other two, as they are going to stay up late for fireworks tonight (just a few sparklers and flowers, etc. Brian bought).


Austin and Julia took turns riding his bike around the path. Her bike is too small for her, and his actually fits her better (she needs a new one!!) Lauren played in the sand and rode her little scooter around the same path. It was a really nice day at the park, warm, not hot, and we found a nice shady table to eat. It wasn't crowded at all, either, which we were a little surprised about.


Now, Brian is out with Austin and Julia playing in the little wading pool. Lauren is still sleeping. Soon Brian will BBQ hamburgers for supper and I'll have to fix the rest. We'll enjoy the yummy flag cake for dessert and do the fireworks later on.

Also, I'm 39 weeks today! I went to the doctor Wednesday, and have progressed a little more (yay!): dilated 3-4, 75% effaced, and Baby is at -1 station. My dr. said baby won't go any lower until I'm in labor. Lest we get too excited, thinking Baby is coming any day, hour, minute (LOL, and I suppose it could...), I have progressed in this same pattern with all my babies, in fact I was exactly the same with Lauren at this time (well, at 38.5 weeks like I was on Weds., anyway).