Canada 150!

This year was the Canada 150 celebration. It was a big deal. We... did everything exactly the same as every other year.
We headed to Raymond, wore awesome clothes. watched the parade, (got lots of candy), played with cousins, went to Carter's baseball game, and watched fireworks.


Awesome clothes

Craig was especially excited to match both Calista and Caleb.


Parade+Cousins
I love going to the parade and seeing my kids playing with their cousins. Calista, Katelyn, and Scarlett have a little club or something called "The Three Favorite Cousins." They love hanging out and collecting candy together.

Craig rotated between hanging out with Paige and Brock. Paige helped Craig collect candy since he's still not very good at it (or focused). When all was said and done, she probably was the one who picked up 90% of the candy in his bucket, and she only claimed a small portion for herself. Very kind of you, Paige! Obviously, Craig also hung out with Brock. They danced and were silly nearly-4-year-olds together, as they are wont to do.

Caleb enjoyed the parade mostly in my arms, which enabled him to steal a sucker out of my hand.

He very much enjoyed that part.


Baseball game
The kids' favorite part, but we almost flaked. Kyler and I knew the kids were already tired, and we suspected they'd be hot and bored. We actually discussed on the drive to the game how many kids crying at once would it take for us to head back to Raymond. But everyone loved it! Carter had two doubles and 3 RBIs, and a solid performance as catcher. Calista and Craig loved cheering for him and were thrilled when he told them afterwards he could hear them.

Caleb made eyes at the people behind us, and they loved him.

In the end, Kyler and I were happy we went.


Fireworks
After the game, we were allowed onto the field to watch the fireworks nearby. Craig loved it, Calista liked it for a while and then asked to go home (but thankfully only a little bit before they were actually done), and Caleb hated it. He cried and kept going between Kyler and I, not sure who could comfort him best. In the end, I won, and Caleb fell asleep while nursing during the fireworks. And then he was much happier. Or at least much less whiny.

Finally, we headed back to Raymond to sleep. Or, in the kid's case, slept on the way back to Raymond and then get carried into bed fully dressed.

Yay, Canada! Happy Birthday!