Vince's First 4th of July

We were still burnt out from out trip to DC so we decided not to go into Philadelphia (as we had planned) for the 4th. Luckily Wilmington hosted festivities along the boardwalk right outside our apartment. Dillon and Kyle didn't have to work so after they slept in we set to work on the city's scavenger hunt.

His hat doesn't quite fit yet, but it still works for keeping the sun off

All along the 3 miles of boardwalk there a plaques teaching about the history of Wilmington. The children's museum had a scavenger hunt to find hidden information on those plaques. It took us almost 2 hours in the heat, but we filled out ours before going home for lunch. 

This is the pirate ship that is usually docked along our boardwalk

We decided against going to the movies and opted to watch a Band of Brother's marathon. At 6 that night we went down the boardwalk to turn in our scavenger hunt forms at the little fair the city hosted. They had food vendors and live music. 

This boy came up and gave Vincey his bat, so sweet

They also had a pie eating contest. As Kyle literally eats as much as Dillon and I combined, we wanted to sign him up but it was full by the time we got there. It was super funny to see people going at the pies!

Pie eating contest at the park

The pie eating champion (on the left)

It was a pretty hot day (and humid) so we decided against hanging out in the park to hear the orchestra play that night before the fireworks, but we stayed long enough to hear them announce the winner of the scavenger hunt.

Waiting by the river and playing with Vincey

Kyle is a GREAT uncle, we're so happy to have him here

This is the muscle shirt Kyle got Vince while on his mission in Australia, it's for a rugby team there. I love how his little jelly rolls look like biceps! Too precious!

I love my family!

Sure enough Dillon won the scavenger hunt! We got passes to a ton of local museums, gift cards to nice restaurants, and an overnight stay at a local hotel- it was fun to see Dillon called up in front of a ton of people

Dillon getting his prize!

Two handsome boys!

After that we went back up to our apartment to cool off for an hour, and then came back down and literally stepped our of our building to watch fireworks. It was SO nice not having to battle traffic or save a spot, but just to get to go out to see them. The show was much better than I was expecting for a smaller town.

Since Vince likes noise and color he loved the fireworks. He was reaching up to touch them and was so calm looking all over to take it all in. I had much more fun watching him than the fireworks. He's been so playful lately too. I few times a day he want to goo and gah and will smile when I tickle him or make dinosaur noises. It is so precious. I tried to snap a few pictures of his smiles. They don't do his cute face justice but Tori begged me to share them.