Red, white, and blue, and Harry Potter too

What a great fourth we had! We wore red, white, and blue all weekend, and had plenty of great company to keep us all entertained. I was THRILLED that Ben had the 3rd off of work, especially since the poor guy was going to have be on call on the fourth (thus spending the night through to the 5th). Ben's parents and sister's fam came to spend the night at our place on Friday - so we had 2 full days to hang out. And Ben's cousin Erik and his cute family came on Saturday to play as well (good luck to Diana whose having her second little girl on Wednesday!). So, we went swimming at two different community pools, bbq'd, watched a bunch of Harry Potter (in preparation for the Harry Potter 6 movie coming out next Wednesday (we're all nerds), played games, and just enjoyed hanging out and eating tasty holiday treats. And before everyone headed home, the kids threw around a bunch of poppers in the driveway. Now we're back to the regular routine which includes swim lessons, grocery shopping, cleaning, and taking our poor van into the shop to get fixed. You know I'm settling into the single mommy mode when I have the fortitude to take my own car in to get repaired with all 3 kids in tow. :)