The Fourth of July was quite a day, starting with the Longview Parade at 10 am. Jillian and Bridget were totally into it, standing on the street and waiting for candy to be thrown at them. Jillian dutifully waved at every single float that went by, and was rewarded with a ton of candy. Bridget was a little more wiggly, preferring to run around and occasionally stopping to pick up candy. Bridget was oblivious to the danger of the moving floats, often running out to the middle of the street for a piece of candy while Mommy and Daddy chased after her. Luckily, we were seated next to a couple of boys who, when they picked up candy, would just hand them over to Jillian and Bridget. After awhile, those boys just went ahead and put them straight into the girls' bag. For the entire parade, Torion was asleep in the stroller.
Later that evening, we headed to Woodland to enjoy dinner and fireworks at the Paul house. Both girls got to swim in the pool with Lindsey, then go horse riding with McKenna and Lindsey. Torion spent his time playing on the floor and being held by everyone. The evening concluded with a fireworks show put on by the Paul girls, which Jillian watched out on the driveway. There were some very large and loud fireworks being shot off by the Paul's neighbors, and Bridget wanted nothing to do with them. She ran inside the house and hid out there with Daddy for the rest of the evening.
