4th of July

We hope you had a happy 4th of July! What a gorgeous day; the weather was absolutely perfect! As in years past, we watched the Ladera Ranch parade, joined our neighborhood block party and watched the spectacular fireworks show. 

Let the fun begin! The parade always starts with our local firemen and police. Can you feel the excitement in the air?

Landon brought one of his old Easter baskets (Lightning McQueen) to collect all of the candy/treats that the participants throw toward the crowd.

Thinking this should be the inspiration for our outfits next year!?! ;-)

Landon waving to everyone in the parade.

Later in the day, we headed down the street to join in the water activities. 

First, the children used water launchers to cool their friends off a bit. ;-)

Time to relax and dry off.

Next, it was time for the water balloon toss.

These were Landon's partners in the water balloon toss. They won...yippee! The boy on the right, Nick, and his friend were so sweet to ask Landon to be their partner. Nick has always been SO kind to Landon, even when he was just a baby.

Last, the children had a water balloon fight. Landon didn't want to hit anyone with a water balloon, so he just threw them into the street. Love him so much! Sweetest boy ever!

To keep with tradition, we watched the fireworks from our balcony. Such a great day!

Tooth Fairy Fun!

Shortly after Landon turned 5, he started to complain that his bottom teeth were hurting. Well, of course, we headed straight to the dentist (not even thinking he could possibly have wiggly teeth at 5 years old!?!). To my surprise, an x-ray showed two adult teeth starting to come up. Over the next couple of weeks, his two bottom teeth emerged behind his baby teeth.

Then, one day while we were playing upstairs, his first tooth fell out. SOOO exciting! He had mixed feelings, but we had already talked about what was going to happen and once he saw my excitement (and my fabulous little happy dance), he started to smile.

We placed the tooth in his adorable tooth pillow and anxiously awaited a visit from the Tooth Fairy.

The Tooth Fairy left a VERY sparkly 5 dollar bill and a tooth receipt. Landon was expecting coins, so thankfully, he lost his second tooth a few days later and the Tooth Fairy left a sparkly 2 dollar bill and a dollar coin. ;-) Let me tell you...it was a very exciting week in the Newman household!