Fourth of July

Our July 4th turned out to be super fun considering the holiday fell smack dab in the middle of the week, and Eric had appointments surrounding the holiday.  Our neighborhood had its first ever Fourth of July parade thanks to some party planning Moms in the 'hood.  People decorated wagons, strollers, bikes, & pets.  It was a "if it can be decorated, decorate it," type of parade.  So in true Stewart fashion, we bought into the idea 100% and decided to decorate the four wheeler.  Eric really gets into this type of thing, so it was a FAMILY trip to the Wally World for decor.  Forty something dollars later, we were prepared to decorate the four wheeler.  Gotta love my husband!  Anyway, the girls LOVE to ride the four wheeler, and there was NO way Madeline was going to make it on her bike in a parade.

Eric and I had fun on Tuesday evening jazzing up the four wheeler with red, white, and blue.  The funniest part was the fact that we were concerned about all four of us riding safely, so my engineering husband rigged Madeline's Britax carseat onto the back.  Madeline was most definitely the safest person on the vehicle.  That seat would not budge after Eric used tow straps to hook it onto the the four wheeler.  We may have been the reddest family there, but our child was still in her 5-point harness.  ha ha! 



Back of the ride



Side view that shows the carseat.  See those long blue tow straps anchoring down the seat?

Our neighborhood has several policemen, so one of the guys so kindly provided a police escort for the parade, flashing blue lights and all.  He even sounded his siren every so often.  The kids loved it.

The Stewart Clan

What a fun day!