4th of July

Happy Birthday, America! The Maisch family managed to celebrate the 4th in all its splendor, even with a one-week old baby. Don't know if we can chalk it up to being more relaxed parents with the third one, a quicker recovery for Mommy, or just the fact that Allie is simply the BEST baby ever, but we had a great day!

First we headed out to the Summit 4th of July Festival (New Providence cancelled their festivities this year due to construction). The boys got to ride a train and jump in the bounce house.

They tasted cotton candy for the very first time, too. Robbie loved it, but Scottie would only eat it if Ron placed small bites in his mouth for him. He didn't like getting sticky. :) Hee, hee. Allie slept most of the morning and woke up in time to see her brothers rounding the last corner of the train and stayed awake long enough for a bottle and lots of looking around, wide-eyed. We lost count early on of all the people who stopped us along the way to ask how old she was. We think she definitely won the "youngest attendee" prize at 7 days old. Even the local police force stopped Ron to sneak a peak at our red, white and blue All American Girl.

Ron ran the bases with the boys while Mommy and Allie stood in lines for rides. They had a blast on "a REAL baseball field!" Both boys are anxiously awaiting next spring when Robbie is old enough for the tee-ball league. Scottie will have to live with disappointment a while longer, but all they both talk about is how, "We'll be able to play on a REAL team when we're bigger." Next year, we'll have to show up earlier with the boys' tricycles. We got there just as the parade of bikes, trikes, wagons and strollers all decked out in red, white, and blue decorations was ending.

Later that night, we took the family to my parents' house for a BBQ. Hot dogs, burgers, salads, cupcakes and s'mores. The boys had a ball running around playing outside. And Allie got lots more attention from friends of the family who hadn't met her yet. Busy day, but we all made it through together and had fun! So far, this family of five is figuring things out pretty well. Happy Fourth, everyone!