4th of July 2012

This 4th of July was made extra special by us celebrating our last holiday as a family of 4.  The festivities began last night with Jay taking the boys (along with Papa and Uncle Jer) to Kaboom Town in Addison.  Kaboom town is one of the biggest fireworks displays in the nation.  Jay took Jack last year and they had a blast and this year was the same.  It was doubly sweet that Jay took the boys because I had what will likely be my last girls night with my MOMS group last night.  We had a great time together while the guys braved the crowds.

We continued our celebration Wednesday morning with a special breakfast followed by lots of family fun (aka wrestle with daddy extravaganza) and then lunch at Benihana.  The kids LOVED Benihana.  The hibachi chef was great and really played it up and put on a great show.  We were seated at the same table as a married couple with no children.  They were very friendly and at the end commented on how well behaved and polite our boys were.  Yes, it’s true, the stars aligned that day and we had yet another meal where our children were extremely well behaved.  I’m not going to lie-I could really get used to that!

This isn’t the greatest picture but man, my guys love having wrestling wars. . .and the botachas are a serious favorite in our home.  If Pirate turns out to be a boy we are going to have to find a third for him!

The boys having a great time at the restaurant.

My sweet almost 5 year old.

Jack used the kid chop sticks at the beginning of the meal and was using the adult sticks (not with 100% accuracy, but doing a pretty decent job) by the end.  He was very impressed with himself for eating like mommy and daddy.

Quite possibly the last picture of our family of 4.

At the end of the meal when the bill came Jack reached into his pocket and pulled out 8 quarters, which he had gotten from his savings shed (piggy bank made at home depot) that morning.  He told Jay that he wanted to pay the bill for the family and had saved for it.  Such a sweet little guy!

Later that night Bear was just exhausted from the night prior so Jay stayed with him and Jack and I met Gaga, David and Grandmommy for dinner at The Twisted Root.  It was really nice not only to see family but to have a night out with Jack.  All in all a super awesome 4th of July and a fantastic family of four celebration!