Happy 4th of July!

While it was not a sunny day here today, the heat and humidity were not bad, so we decided to take advantage of it and headed to the park. Initially Mama accompanied Stella in the park while Dada drove around with a napping Gup. Stella flitted from one playground equipment to another, climbing up ladders, going down tunnel slides, twisty slides and really tall slides, playing with the chimes and drums, etc. Stella even swung in the big kid swing without any trouble while Mama pushed. Soon, Dada and Gup joined us and Gup got to swing in a swing by himself for the first time while his sister pushed. He really enjoyed it.

Soon after, Des went back into the Baby Bjorn and followed his sister around in the park.

Here's Dada, Stella, and Des climbing the spider web contraption.

Soon it was lunch time and we left the park with a very, very sad Stella girl who wanted to play all day long in the park.

The rest of our evening and night was filled with on and off rain showers, so we headed to the top (14th) floor of the building where Dada works in order to see the fireworks. The top floor has an outside corridor lined with windows with wide ledges facing south, so we were able to see the National DC fireworks as well as the fireworks of nearby cities. We loved the fact that we didn't have to deal with traffic, crowds, and wet weather to see the fireworks. Here are some pics of us hanging out in the corridor prior to the start of the fireworks. Stella enjoyed the show and would request out loud what color fireworks she wanted to see next...silly girl :)

Both kids stayed up past their 9 pm bedtime but it was worth it!