Scientifically Super 7th and Fabulous 4th

Sunday afternoon we celebrated Joshua's birthday (again!) with a Scientist Party. We made invitations and passed them out to our 4 guests: Dad, Jarrett, Alyson, and Nick. Joshua was adamant about having a family party--complete with all the fun party things. :)

All the guests showed up promptly at 2:00 bearing gifts and excited for the festivities to begin.

We performed some awesome science experiments like making slime,

exploding mentos and diet coke,

and Joshua even took his guests out into the woods to show them a cool and disgusting goop he found in a tree recently.

There was swimming too (something scientific about water molecules?) and when all the outside fun was finished we headed back inside for cake and presents.

After the presents were opened, we headed BACK outside to try some of them out.

It was a great party!

After the birthday party was over we moved into the Independence Day celebration! Ribeye steaks, corn on the cob, and baked potatoes on the grill, an ENORMOUS watermelon given to me earlier at church from my Secret Sister, and more birthday cake.

Fireworks when it got dark. I don't have any pictures, but we had a sweet set up in the front yard with the specators in comfy chairs in the viewing area (the sidewalk) and the explosive ordinance experts (Dave and Jarrett) lighting and jumping out of the way in the yard.

Fun, fun day. We anticipate spending quite a bit more time indoors today as the temps are supposed to be at or close to 100 degrees the next couple of days and Nick has reached his limit of heat tolerance for awhile.

Hope you all enjoyed your Fourth just as much!