This past week/4th of July

Connor enjoyed going to Hilltop Park for a few hours last week with grandpa.

On Saturday we went to Sea World with grandma and Laurel.

 And of course the water area was fun.

 Connor loved this bouncy area with big blocks to play with.

 We stopped and took in a little show with some Sesame Street characters.  Then as we were leaving we ran into Penny Penguin who happens to be good friends with Laurel.  She came running over to make friends with Connor.  He thought it was pretty funny.

 After a well deserved nap we headed over to grandma and grandpa's house for a swim.

 Connor loves water!

My dad caught this photo of Connor coming down the slide.

For the fourth of July we went to my parents' house to make ice cream and go for a swim.  However it was really chilly and overcast so no one wanted to swim, so we played around instead and enjoyed the ice cream and sorbet we made.

Then we went over to Peter's parents' house for a BBQ and to make another batch of ice cream.  After dinner we cleaned up and headed over to the church lawn to watch the fireworks.  Connor enjoyed playing with light sticks.  (They really do glow, but with the flash on the camera you can't tell that.)

 Daddy had fun making glasses for Connor.

 Then as the fireworks were going off we were all complaining about the tree being in the middle of each explosion.  We enjoyed our view, but next time we'll sit somewhere so the tree isn't directly in the middle of the show.