blow'n up the block.

we had our annual fourth of july block party friday night.
the weather was perfect...it always is
..but i don't want to jinx it.

we started in the afternoon with kids activities.
riding bikes on our closed off street.
i heard my neighbor lawson say "this is so much fun without the cars, i wish we could do this all the time"
water balloons
bonzai falls.

firecracker walk...
like a cake walk, but with fireworks as prizes.

it was requested by one of the neighbor girls this year.
she said it was one of her favorite things.
we used homemade sidewalk paint to paint the circle of numbers for it.
amy j mixed it up and it was a big hit.

our street was brightly colored all day long.

it's super easy to make...
equal parts water and cornstarch...then just add food coloring.
if you mix it with a hand mixer it goes fast.
buy some cheapy brushes at a dollar store.
as the color dries, it gets brighter.

we spent lots of time conversing with old & new neighbors.

miley gave out lots of smooches.

at dusk we fired up the grills and started dinner.

as usual, we had a crazy amount of food.

after dinner the boys entertained us with a crazy amount of fireworks.

they never disappoint!

brayden was waving the flag & dancing the whole time they were going off!

i love this picture...

and this one of me and his momma...

it was once again a successful block party, of course it was cause...
OUR BLOCK ROCKS!!!!

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too see more of our block party click here to see meg's blog.  and  here to see amy j's blog
                                                                      and here to see jenn's blog

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