4th of July

The 4th of July was a hot day, it must have been in the high 80's. Were we really in Seattle? Usually on the 4th of July it is cold/rainy. It was a nice day! Mitch spent the day before pressure washing the house getting it ready to paint in a few weeks. Hooray! So on Saturday we were ready to relax.

Our ward has an annual 4th of July breakfast/bike rodeo. Cameron and Julia were excited to decorated their bikes and ride in the bike parade. It was massive kids on bikes~good times...

Later on in the day we had promised the kids to take them to the Rain Forest Cafe for their birthdays. They see the commercials for that place on PBS every morning. Nice.

It was a good lunch and the kids really behaved themselves well in the restaurant. I guess Mitch and I don't have too much faith in them normally. Cameron and Julia loved the whole experience. Cam was in awe that they gave him his own ice cubes in his drink and wanted to know if he could keep his glass. Julia liked that they gave her crayons to color with.

Nat wasn't too sure about the fake moving animals, but loved the gift shop. (Who doesn't?)

At the restaurant they have a person dressed up like a green tree frog named: Cha Cha. Cameron and Julia loved him! I don't know why but Cameron LOVED him. He kept coming up to the frog giving it a high five, then a hug, then a handshake probably 12 times. It was really cute. Natalie on the other hand screamed anytime it got close.

Of course the gift shop is bigger than the actual restaurant and everything is so cute in it. We let the kids pick out a gift. Cameron picked the loudest shirt possible. Julia and Natalie got stuffed animals.

Later that night we watched the fireworks on the next street over with a couple of friends from the ward. I can't remember the last 4th of July that I didn't need a jacket. It was wonderful.