Fourth of July!

Happy belated 4th of July, folks!

Yesterday turned out to be quite a treat!
We went down to Central Park for the "The All-American, Anyone Can Join, Fabulous Fantastic Fourth of July Parade", thinking that we'd just watch along the side, or at best follow up in the rear.

But lo!
We got invited by the 350corvallis.org group to join their ranks (I guess because we walked to the event and support car-free all the way!), so Dash strolled with Ella while I got to ride in the local Pedicab! Fun!!

Ella was dressed in her Christmas outfit~

Dan, the Pedicab Man, is so nice!!!

Then we caught up with sweet friends by the river...

William has a crush on Clara, I swear!

Look at the hug...aaaaaaw~!!!!

...got Ella's face painted and ate ice cream...

Sparkling starbursts by her eye!

Took a while to get a non-goofy face out of her :P

Then we joined a potluck at a friend's house that called for international food to bring.
We made/brought pan con tomate, which is the easiest most satisfying summertime dish ever.
We'll be eating leftovers of it tonight, for sure.

I then crashed out with the kids before catching any fireworks, but oh well -- there's always next year~ ;)

All in all, a fun time!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you had a Happy Fourth of July!!