4th of July

I haven't been very good about blogging lately. I guess we've just been having too much fun!

The 4th of July was pretty quiet and relaxed this year. We enjoyed the parade in St. Peter with a co-worker of mine and her family. Macalan wasn't too sure about the loud fire trucks, but he LOVED collecting all the candy! Sutton was happy to sit and watch the floats go by and munch on Fruit Loops. Afterwards we enjoyed a picnic in the park and some playtime at the playground.

Later in the day we headed to Vernon Center to their fun, small town parade. There was a fun band playing after the parade and some different food vendors so we hung around for a little while, but when 7:00 rolled around we realized we'd done everything there was to do and decided to head home.

We don't live very far from Vernon Center so after bath time we popped them back into their car seats and drove to a good spot to watch the fireworks. They weren't the best I've ever seen, but good enough for the boys and it was fun to just be together as a family.

POTTY TRAINING UPDATE:
Macalan has been doing really well with potty training. He has been holding it a majority of the time until we have him try and he's even started telling us when he has to go on occasion! The first time he did this was in the middle of church on Sunday. I rushed him to the lobby and we made it in time! He was so proud of himself and so were we. I haven't been brave enough to put him in undies yet. Maybe in the next week or two. I'm just grateful we've made this much progress!

The rest of our summer is going to be very busy. It seems like we are going to be gone somewhere new each week. At least it's all fun stuff!