The 5th of July!

We celebrated two very special occassions this 5th of July. A bringing on of the new for Nine Dragons - and a very awesome cool birthday slash pool slash barbecue party for Johnny's 10th birthday!! Yes, I am a glutton for punishment doing them both on the same day - but, I only had to get the house clean ONCE!!!! John's party was from 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. and the dojo barbecue was from 3:00 p.m. to about 9:30 - which we could NOT have done without the grilling expertise of Mom and Dad! Thanks!!!! You two rock!

The boys started the day with a swim and hot dogs and burgers...then right onto a raw egg toss!

Then, onto the giant water balloon toss! Both events were won by the boy with the broken arm and the only girl at the party! Alex :)

The finale of the water fun was a massive water balloon fight!

We, of course, had giant make your own sundaes and cake - forgot to get a pic of that. But, I did get a few of the shark pinata.

Who had the most fun with that one??? My husband of course. He rigged the pinata over the swingset and had the best time pulling it out of the way when someone was mid-swing! The coupe de grace of the day, besides the smiles all around was when I overheard one of the boys yelling as he jumped into the pool - "This is the best birthday party I've ever been to!" Happy belated birthday Johnny!!