Toddle Along Tuesday - July 4th!

Toddle Along Tuesday - July 4th!

Today is Toddle Along Tuesday! This week's topic is "July 4th!" I am linking up with Melissa at Growing Up Geeky.

Hope everyone had a lovely holiday celebrating with loved ones while honoring our nation's birthday. I had off from work, so Jordan, Henry and I got to spend the entire day together. We had made plans to go out to breakfast in the morning to the only local bagel place we can find that it is up to our standards (we have high ones coming from the Philadelphia area!) It is located in Durham, NH, the local college town. We order Henry the same thing every time we go - whole wheat bagel, toasted, with nothing on it. We cut it up into bite size pieces and he goes to town and loves it. His loud "yay!" that erupts when our server brings a plate full of food in our direction is priceless, and I love it more every time.

We live in a small "city" and they put together a bunch of activities downtown that we wanted to check out. It was very hot and humid this year so this turned out not as comfortable as we expected. Our friends came over with their almost 3-yr old daughter, and we all walked downtown together. They were kind enough to bring their two-kid wagon, and I was a huge fan!! I don't think Henry had been in a wagon before but he really enjoyed it. And they kiddos could face each other which kept them entertained.

Henry watching a tae-kwon do demonstration. Might have to try this out when he gets older!

Trying lemon Italian Ice. It was a huge hit! It's very hard to find proper Italian Ice in New England, but this was pretty close!

Henry is really working hard on self-feeding!

After exploring downtown, we came back to our house and had our own BBQ with our friends. Unfortunately, their daughter was getting sleepy (the fireworks weren't until 9:15!) I know it has to be dark, but really???? So they left before the fireworks and we tried our best to keep Henry up! He made it!

Ready to go to the fireworks. He looks really old in this picture, I think!

We stopped and got some ice cream before the fireworks. It sprinkled a little before the fireworks began, and I think that scared him more than the fireworks themselves. When Henry is tired, he becomes very sensitive and unpredictable (don't we all?)

Watching the downtown fireworks with Mom!

A little scared at times, but Dad makes it all better.

 We had a great July 4th and Henry really loved his first fireworks. I hope he enjoys them as much, if not more, next year. What did you do for the Fourth of July? Be sure to check out what other mamas did by clicking the Toddle Along Tuesday linky up at the top of this post!